Ansarollah Website. Report | Ali Al-Darwani
The American military bases scattered throughout the region, particularly in the Gulf states surrounding Iran, represent the backbone of any American or Israeli military action. Without them, the prospect of war becomes a strategic gamble with uncertain outcomes. These bases are not merely staging points; they are logistical lifelines that provide the advantage of geographical proximity, overcoming the obstacle of vast distances. This grants warplanes and missile systems the ability to execute attacks and return in record time, while reducing total reliance on aerial refueling or aircraft carriers, which remain large and slow targets in narrow waterways. Therefore, the audacity to contemplate confronting Iran stems primarily from the existence of fixed and protected platforms that provide irreplaceable defensive and offensive depth across seas or continents. Without these advantages, attacking forces would find themselves facing a technological, financial, and human drain, making the cost of war a political and military suicide that cannot be undertaken.
Gulf Protests Ignore the Core Issue
Gulf capitals are rushing to send protest telegrams to the United Nations condemning the Iranian bombing of American bases on their soil. However, in this diplomatic maneuver, they are deliberately overlooking the insidious and dangerous role these bases play in managing and launching direct aggression against Iran. While these protests attempt to portray these facilities as sovereign assets, they raise a fundamental question that cannot be ignored: Why does Iran consider striking these bases an absolute and unwavering priority? And why does it see disabling these platforms as the primary condition for breaking the cycle of aggression?
The truth that these protest telegrams attempt to obscure is that these are fully integrated operations rooms and powder kegs positioned to be a dagger in the side of the Arab world. Therefore, targeting them is an absolute necessity. Through this, Iran understands that without these bases, America is merely a power adrift overseas, incapable of boldness or action.
US Bases: Operations Rooms for Aggression, Not Sovereign Facilities
The bases in neighboring countries serve as the objective counterweight to Iran's missile and drone capabilities. They function as an early warning network and a first line of defense, intercepting threats before they reach their distant or vital targets. The absence of these bases would deprive the United States and "Israel" of their informational and operational superiority, forcing them to wage war from overseas. Therefore, the assertion that the US would not have dared to engage in confrontation without these bases is a logical conclusion dictated by military reality. This makes any decision to wage war in the absence of a regional presence a decision lacking the most basic elements of sustainable military success.
These bases have transformed neighboring countries into a stationary, unsinkable aircraft carrier, providing invading forces with a secure depth for withdrawal, refueling, and resupplying. This confirms what was already known militarily: that aggression against Iran would not have been technically or militarily feasible without this extensive geographical deployment in the region.
Al Udeid: Air Command and Theater of Operations Management
In detail, Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar is the largest US military base in the region and houses the forward headquarters of US Central Command (CENTCOM). Most air operations are managed and launched from this base. It also houses the Combined Air and Space Operations Center (CAOC), which grants the United States complete control over the theater of operations stretching from Afghanistan to North Africa. Through a sophisticated microscopic monitoring system of Iranian and Gulf airspace, the center integrates a stream of data from satellites, naval radars, and ground-based systems in neighboring countries to create a unified, real-time radar image. This advanced technological integration transforms the fragmented geography into an integrated surveillance network capable of detecting any aircraft as soon as it takes off from deep within Iranian airspace.
Without this center, US bases, ships, and interests in the region would be militarily blind, making war technically impossible. The risk of a surprise missile strike without early warning would mean certain defeat in the opening hours of any confrontation.
Based on this information flow, the center emerges as a cornerstone of the integrated missile defense strategy. It analyzes the trajectories of ballistic missiles and drones within seconds of detection, issuing immediate interception orders to Patriot and THAAD systems and naval destroyers stationed in the region. Without this exceptionally rapid coordination, the response to cruise missile strikes—which reach their targets in mere minutes—would be slow and ineffective. This makes the center the true shield that absorbs the shock of any missile attack and protects bases and vital interests from destruction.
The importance of Al-Udeid extends beyond detection and defense. It serves as the sovereign command and control center (C2), where air battles are managed from fortified operations rooms. Military commanders monitor the movements of both friend and foe via giant screens that provide real-time information. From here, the most advanced fighter jets such as the F-15 and F-35 are guided with extreme precision, which means that the military decision to attack or maneuver originates from this center. This confirms that the existence of this command structure in neighboring countries is what gives Washington the practical ability to think about the option of war, because without it, the American forces become scattered and lack the ability to manage a high-intensity conflict with a country the size of Iran.
The Fifth Fleet in Bahrain: Naval Control of the Gulf
The main center for naval command and operations management in the Gulf. This base represents the most blatant face of American bullying in regional waters; it is more like an operations room for international piracy. The deployment of this fleet a stone's throw from the Iranian coast reveals the true panic of Washington and the Zionist entity. This base has transformed Bahrain's geography into a "stationary aircraft carrier" and a powder keg, with no function other than protecting the flow of colonial plunder and ensuring the security of the Zionist entity through Aegis radar network, which acts as an advanced shield absorbing blows on behalf of Tel Aviv. This American bravado in threats and intimidation is borrowed and feigned, based entirely on the occupation of waterways and the subjugation of nations' security. Were this naval cover to be lifted, the American fleets would find themselves adrift in unforgiving oceans, incapable of protecting themselves, let alone launching an aggression against a country the size of Iran.
Al Dhafra: The Spearhead of Air and Technological Warfare
A vital hub for reconnaissance aircraft, advanced fighter jets like F-35, and refueling aircraft. It represents the spearhead of the American treacherous arsenal, managing the most insidious forms of technological warfare in the region. From the runways of this base, strategic aircraft take off, from stealth F-35s to Global Hawk drones that relentlessly violate sovereignty and penetrate airspace to monitor locations and feed the Zionist target bank with real-time information. The presence of this significant air power in close proximity to Iran proves that the US cannot wage a clean war or engage in direct, face-to-face confrontation. Instead, it relies on infiltration from neighboring bases whose sovereignty has been compromised, using them as launching pads for treacherous strikes. Al Dhafra is conclusive proof that American audacity is merely a superiority disguised within the geography of others. Without this nearby platform, Washington will lose its ability to make assessments and decisions, and consequently, to carry out strikes deep inside the country. Its stealth aircraft will turn into nothing more than expensive pieces of iron, unable to reach or maneuver, revealing once again that the American war machine has no foothold if these functional bases are taken away from it.
Kuwait's bases: Logistical lifelines for war
These bases serve as crucial launching points for logistical support and close combat operations. Ali Al Salem Air Base is the most critical logistical artery, ensuring the sustainability of any large-scale ground or air offensive. Its strategic location near Iraq and Iran makes it an indispensable bridge for transporting special forces, ammunition, and supplies in record time, enabling the American aggression to remain in the field for extended periods. Washington understands that its aircraft and forces would run out of fuel and ammunition within a few hours if forced to launch from distant bases. Therefore, Ali Al Salem Air Base allows American forces to take refuge behind close and protected supply lines within foreign territory. Without it, any American attempt to advance would turn into a logistical nightmare ending in withdrawal or crushing defeat.
Salti Air Base: A Military and Intelligence Hub
It plays a pivotal role in regional air operations and the deployment of fighter jets. No less important than the aforementioned bases, it serves as a key partner and a technical and military link between American and Israeli defense systems. Intelligence data on Iranian air movements is exchanged there, effectively making it a de facto joint operations room for aerial aggression. Simultaneously, the base acts as a rear defense line for intercepting Iranian missiles and drones targeting "Israel", an activity that has become clearly evident in countering Iranian attacks on Israel.
Sultan Air Base: The Strategic Depth of Air Warfare
This base serves as a strategic hub for air defense and combat operations when needed. It has been revitalized as a rear staging area capable of accommodating squadrons of aircraft and Patriot and THAAD air defense systems, far from the direct and easy range of short-range missile strikes.
Its role in the aggression against Iran lies in its function as a center of gravity for managing electronic warfare and aerial refueling operations—a crucial function without which fighter jets cannot reach deep into Iranian territory or return. Washington's reliance on this base reveals its vulnerability; it recognizes that its coastal bases are exposed and threatened with destruction. Therefore, it uses the heart of the Arabian Peninsula as a refuge and a launching pad for its attacks, exploiting the vast expanses to protect its military machine, which fears direct confrontation on the front lines.
Host States Face a Choice Between Sovereignty and Becoming Human Shields
Based on the above, it becomes clear what Iran aims to achieve by continuously bombing these bases. The key to breaking American arrogance and defeating aggression lies in focusing missile strikes specifically on these bases, rendering them unusable rubble. Silencing the command center at Al Udeid, crippling the Fifth Fleet in Manama, and disabling the runways at Al Dhafra, Muwaffaq Al Salti, and Ali Al Salem airfields will dismantle the very foundations of the aggression. Once these platforms are rendered inoperable, American forces will find themselves weakened and paralyzed. They will lose their ability to provide early warning, their aircraft will be unable to take off or refuel, and their warships will become isolated targets at sea.
Disabling these bases effectively means the removal of the American military presence from the region, forcing Washington and the Zionist entity to confront a bitter reality. Host states will realize that the American bases are not there to defend them, but rather serve as buffers and forward defense lines to protect the security of the Zionist entity and American interests, even at the expense of the security of the Gulf states.
The bitter conclusion is that the countries concerned have found themselves in the midst of high risks, and have turned into human shields in a conflict in which they have no stake, where they will be the first to be harmed, which puts them before a historic choice: either to continue as platforms for aggression and wait for the hour of destruction, or to restore their geography, and dismantle these bases to secure their future.
