The first US service members to die in the conflict between the US and Iran were killed by a direct Iranian strike on a makeshift operations center at a civilian port in Kuwait on Sunday morning local time, a source familiar with the situation told CNN.
The death toll from that event at the Shuaiba port has since risen to six, US Central Command announced on Monday afternoon, after the remains of two additional service members were recovered.
Earlier Monday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that the strike that killed the service members hit a “tactical operation center that was fortified,” but there was “one” projectile that made it through air defenses. CNN previously reported the event was a suspected drone strike.
Well, in reality it is and should be more spooky and scary. Iran was paying attention to Ukraine. The US seems not to have. This was probably a drone strike. And it evaded the air defenses which were designed for missiles. Somewhere I saw a comparison. A $4 million per missle patriot air defense against a $20k drone. They can send a lot more for a lot less than the US and friends can shoot down. I am sure the US has some better anti drone tech. But probably not enough to protect everything. And it still isn’t perfect if they did.