Satellite imagery and multiple analyses confirm that a key US radar system at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base was heavily damaged or destroyed during [[Iran]]'s retaliatory strikes in late February–early March 2026. The radar in question is an AN/TPY-2 (Army Navy/Transportable Radar Surveillance and Control Model 2), a high-resolution X-band phased-array radar used with the [[THAAD]] (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) missile battery. This radar was designed for detecting, tracking, and discriminating [[ballistic missile]]s (including in terminal phase) and is one of the most sophisticated [[US]] forward-deployed [[missile defense]] sensors.