As Iran missiles battered Iraq base, US lost eyes in sky
US soldiers stand next the damage that caused by the Iran’s missiles attack inside Ain al-Assad air base in Anbar province, Iraq. – EPA pic, January 15, 2020.
MOMENTS after volleys of Iranian missiles began to batter Iraq’s Ain al-Asad airbase, US soldiers at the desert facility lost contact with their ultra-powerful and expensive eyes in the sky. At the time the attack was launched at 1.35am on January 8, the US army was flying seven unmanned aerial vehicles over Iraq to monitor bases where US-led coalition forces are deployed.
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