Changes

===Al Udeid Air Base===

===Al Udeid Air Base===

[[File:Photo 2026-03-06 00-40-28.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The radar at Al Udeid Air Base.<ref>[https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/iran-blinds-us-with-unprecedented Iran Blinds US With Unprecedented Campaign of Strikes on Region's Strategic Radars], Simplicius, Mar 05, 2026.</ref>]]

[[File:Photo 2026-03-06 00-40-28.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The radar at Al Udeid Air Base.<ref>[https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/iran-blinds-us-with-unprecedented Iran Blinds US With Unprecedented Campaign of Strikes on Region's Strategic Radars], Simplicius, Mar 05, 2026.</ref>]]

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, and was 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, including the [[Russian Federation]] launch site for the [[Oreshnik]] at [[Kapustin Yar]]. It was the prime target for retaliation by [[Iran]] and was destroyed shortly after the assassination of [[Iranian]] Supreme Leader [[Ayatollah Ali Khamenei]] on February 28, 2025.<ref>https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/iran-destroys-us-an-fps-132-radar-qatar-irgc-missile-defense-gulf-escalation/</ref><ref>https://www.ndtvprofit.com/world/they-took-our-eyes-us-radar-system-damaged-in-iran-attack-at-qatar-base-has-left-us-forces-temporarily-operating-blind-11167972</ref> Replacing the radar will cost $1.1 billion and take [[Raytheon]] 5-8 years to produce.<ref>https://defencetalks.com/iran-destroys-us-an-fps-132-radar-in-qatar-gulf-missile-defense-architecture-faces-major-setback/</ref>

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, and was 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, including the [[Russian Federation]] launch site for the [[Oreshnik]] at [[Kapustin Yar]]. It was the prime target for retaliation by [[Iran]] and was destroyed shortly after the assassination of Supreme Leader [[Ayatollah Ali Khamenei]] on February 28, 2025.<ref>https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/iran-destroys-us-an-fps-132-radar-qatar-irgc-missile-defense-gulf-escalation/</ref><ref>https://www.ndtvprofit.com/world/they-took-our-eyes-us-radar-system-damaged-in-iran-attack-at-qatar-base-has-left-us-forces-temporarily-operating-blind-11167972</ref> Replacing the radar will cost $1.1 billion and take [[Raytheon]] 5-8 years to produce.<ref>https://defencetalks.com/iran-destroys-us-an-fps-132-radar-in-qatar-gulf-missile-defense-architecture-faces-major-setback/</ref>

{{clear}}

{{clear}}