Satellitenbilder zeigen, dass Iran weit mehr US-Militäranlagen angegriffen hat als gemeldet wurde
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/05/06/iran-us-bases-satellite-images/
Satellitenbilder zeigen, dass Iran weit mehr US-Militäranlagen angegriffen hat als gemeldet wurde
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/05/06/iran-us-bases-satellite-images/
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Iranian airstrikes have damaged or destroyed at least 228 structures or pieces of equipment at U.S. military sites across the Middle East since the war began, hitting hangars, barracks, fuel depots, aircraft and key radar, communications and air defense equipment, according to a Washington Post analysis of satellite imagery. The amount of destruction is far larger than what has been publicly acknowledged by the U.S. government or previously reported.
The threat of air attacks rendered some of the U.S. bases in the region too dangerous to staff at normal levels, and commanders moved most of the personnel from these sites out of the range of Iranian fire at the start of the war, officials have said.
Since the start of the war on Feb. 28, seven service members have died in strikes on U.S. facilities in the region — six in Kuwait and one in Saudi Arabia — and more than 400 troops have suffered injuries as of late April, the U.S. military said. While most of the wounded returned to duty within days, at least 12 suffered injuries that military officials classified as serious, according to U.S. officials who, among others, spoke on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue.
Satellite imagery of the Middle East is unusually difficult to acquire at present. Two of the largest commercial providers, Vantor and Planet, have complied with requests from the U.S. government — their biggest customer — to limit, delay or indefinitely withhold the publication of imagery of the region while the war is ongoing, making it difficult or impossible to assess Iran’s counterstrikes. Those restrictions began less than two weeks into the war.
This Administration is a blight upon our people, and the world in general.
Impossible — Hegseth and Trump would never lie!
This part is interesting:
>*The Post’s review represents only a partial count of the damage based on available satellite imagery.*
Added with this:
>*Satellite imagery of the Middle East is unusually difficult to acquire at present. Two of the largest commercial providers, Vantor and Planet, have complied with requests from the U.S. government — their biggest customer — to limit, delay or indefinitely withhold the publication of imagery of the region while the war is ongoing, making it difficult or impossible to assess Iran’s counterstrikes.*
Meaning that this could be infinitely worse for the bases, there might even be more death for American troops. America should just pack it up and make a deal with Iran, otherwise it will continue to escalate.
Fake government pictures! Wait what
Hahaha these buffoons with nuclear weapons.
Ah they good old Russian playbook in full effect by the Maga party. The censorship we know of North Korea and Russia is doing it’s work. Not very surprising and just a next step in turning the US in a nice shiny dictatorship. Meanwhile the average American lacks the education to make a distinction between fact and fiction. And the ‘Hey, as long as it doesn’t affect me, why should I care?’ mentality. Nice!
Everything we get fed is just propaganda at this point. There is no real reporting or accountability for what’s going on.
Wait the trump administration lied to us????
This is turning out to be a historic example of how not to start a war. The US lost equipment it can’t easily replace, fired Admirals and Generals who objected, alienated and attacked allies who wisely stayed out of it, and and caused an uproar when allies figured out they were not worthy of the missile defense system that was supposed protect them.
I can’t imagine all of the losses and humiliation will do much to motivate people to enlist or retain trained soldiers.
That why US ran with tail between their legs during peak conflict
https://archive.ph/2026.05.06-120937/https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/05/06/iran-us-bases-satellite-images/
WCGW limiting access to military news except right wing propaganda trolls
The US 100% lost this war and cannot admit to it. If it were going well they would be doing nonstop gloating about it
It’s almost like the media is owned by people with incentives to control what we see and hear.
When the information is not coming from the White House or Republican aligned media, Iran has damaged a majority of US’s bases in that region. The attacks were not minor. However, I haven’t dug into it to know to what extent and what effect the attacks have been towards operations there. Damage happens. How much and to what is what matters, and we haven’t seen much information of real value other than knowing most have been hit to some extent.
Part of the fun of humans being a world wide species is that there are a lot of humans, nations, and news sources that fall completely outside of the US system of control meaning there’s a decent amount of world wide media that doesn’t carry the same restrictions as anything tied to the US, including satellite imagery, communication, and reporting.
The short hand is it’s probably better to get reputable information from outside of the US on this one. It’ll likely be more accurate and current due to how much Trump’s administration is restricting…brought to you today by our sponsor Ground News! Use my code affiliate for 15% off! I kid, but yeah, just look bigger for more valuable content on this stuff.
When every news outlets is owned by corporations, which you get is news approved by the corporations. When you have government oversight that wants the censor information, this is what you get. America has been so stupid about so many of its policies. It really boggles the mind how it’s allowed itself to become an uninformed under educated country right now is policy seem determined to neutered.
It’s pretty obvious. You take the most expensive military in the world, and fire anyone who knows what they’re doing.
China thanks the US for saving them money, while still allowing them to be become the strongest military ob the planet.
I looked at the report it’s actually insane, We basically lost our bases in the Persian gulf. We retreated our forces to avoid deaths. But that made the base basically defenseless outside of Air-defense. We positioned our assets to protect israel while leaving our own to be destroyed.
It’s insane how at every level. Trump is just blackmailed around by Netanyahu.
Unreported strikes means unreported casualties. Imagine just for a minute if Biden covered up and lied about even a single US casualty, it would have been a political firestorm. I’m glad WaPo published this piece, but I doubt they’ll dig deeper or make this a scandal.
Holy shit, WaPo reporting this? Did they check with the boss first?
What a bunch of dooffusses, dooffussi… whatever you call it.
Thanks to Russian/Chinese spy satellites
Wait… the White House is lying? 😮
Hegseth and Trump dont want to admit just how fucking in over their heads they are. They really fucked with the wrong people and its a desperate pr game to contain the mounting evidence that they are floundering.
Referencing talks that arent happening, progress that nobody else confirms is happening, saying theyll escort ships when they cant, saying theyll blockade the strait when they arent. Then theres the every other day declarations of victory, followed by chest bumping threats about more bombs.
They fucked up so bad.
Those epstein files must be insane
Operation Epic Failure
The fact that we need satellite images from a newspaper to know the truth about our own military losses says everything.
How is this related to technology?
That’s impossible. Trump and Hegseth told us they blew up everything 8 times already, and that USA has already won this war 7 times now /s
What? Trump was not being honest with the people of the United States???
just like last time Trump was in office. Iran caused injuries to our service men and it was covered up for months until they finally admitted it.
So I guess the new approach is you can’t lose a war if you don’t let anyone know you’re losing. I suppose people will be spitting on the veterans returning with injuries and calling them false flags.
Shame doesn’t even start to describe.
Reminds me of Baghdad Bob
I’m not sure how to tell you guys this but the current administration is lying about basically everything
Of course. I mean, there must be a reason why Trump is so incredibly butthurt and why even the army itself started questioning this shitshow.
No way! We completely decimated the Iranians ability to make war a month ago! They’re no threat at all. Which is why we need to bomb them back to the stone age. Don’t you see? They’re an imminent threat to the peace and stability of the region. We have full control of the strait, which is why we’re negotiating the biggest deal ever to keep the strait open!
It’s almost as if the admin that lies is going to KEEP LYING
We have always been at war with Eastasia.
Whoa the Washington Post is allowed to report on something negative about Trump? Wild. Shouldn’t Bezos be protecting his buddy?
Our head of the military is a moron from a Fox News segment instead of a real general.
Wow! The american government hiding the truth. Who would have thunk it?
Schrodinger’s war
Wait….you mean to tell me our Government is underreporting our losses in an effort to further their nationalist propaganda? That’s wild! I wonder where they got that idea?
There should be site wide post deletion of posts that are paywalled.
Ask drunky Pete next time he’s under oath. Get his perjury on record if it’s true.
Yeah I was waiting for this, this administration is blatantly lying to the American people.
You don’t just pressure satellite companies to stop showing images to the public for no reason.
I think the big moment that the historians will look at will be when they sink an aircraft carrier. Those have been symbols of American Invincibility for the last 50 years and losing one would completely dispel the myth that American hegemony is untouchable.
There needs to be a clear delineation of those in charge and the actual representatives of Americans. These people are not. These are Republicans and they have shown they are Republicans first and Americans second.
Americans will have to accept responsibility for the prevelence of the Republican people, but if we want to avoid this again, it will take continued effort to remind the world that Americans are not the people that stole the idea of America, it was Americans that wrestled with the arc of justice to mend the wounds of immorality to be a shining beacon.
Republicans have shouted out the Americans with volume, force, and misinformation, so we have work right now and ahead to restore this country to what it was always able to become – and the first thing is show the world that Republicans are the gasp of an American treachery rooted nearly 200 years before that we allowed to fester, and rot, and infect this land because we hoped that they’d learn to be Americans after they rejected it’s covenant in the constitution.
Americans hope, Republicans crave. Americans work, Republicans covet. Americans persevere, Republicans cling.
And when the world is reminded and retold this, let us deliver the glimmer of the American ideal so they – like we – recognize Republicans for what they are and what they’ve always been: the bitter remnants of a coward people who will betray their home, their neighbor, their god for themselves.
They are Republicans always, and Americans for as long as suits them.