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===Al Udeid Air Base===
===Al Udeid Air Base===
Qatar hosts CENTCOM Forward Headquarters. Al Udeid Air Base and U.S. Central Command ([[CENTCOM]]) headquarters, one of America's largest Air Force bases which Qatar built at the cost of $2 billion, remains a critical asset to operations in the [[Middle East]].<ref>Michael R. Gordon With Eric Schmitt, [https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/28/world/aftereffects-bases-us-will-move-air-operations-to-qatar-base.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1 AFTEREFFECTS: BASES; U.S. Will Move Air Operations To Qatar Base], ''The New York Times'', April 28, 2003</ref> The AN/FPS-132 Block 5 Upgraded Early Warning Radar (UEWR) had a detection range of up to 5,000 km for launches. It was destroyed shortly after the assassination of [[Iranian]] Supreme Leader [[Ayatollah Ali Khamenei]] on February 28, 2025.
Qatar hosts [[CENTCOM]] Forward Headquarters. Al Udeid Air Base and U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) headquarters, one of America's largest Air Force bases which Qatar built at the cost of $2 billion, remains a critical asset to operations in the [[Middle East]].<ref>Michael R. Gordon With Eric Schmitt, [https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/28/world/aftereffects-bases-us-will-move-air-operations-to-qatar-base.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1 AFTEREFFECTS: BASES; U.S. Will Move Air Operations To Qatar Base], ''The New York Times'', April 28, 2003</ref> The AN/FPS-132 Block 5 Upgraded Early Warning Radar (UEWR) had a detection range of up to 5,000 km for launches. It was the prime target for retaliation by [[Iean]]ian that was destroyed shortly after the assassination of [[Iranian]] Supreme Leader [[Ayatollah Ali Khamenei]] on February 28, 2025.
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