Tower 22, the U.S. base in Jordan where three U.S. troops were killed by a one-way attack drone late last month, suffered from inadequate anti-drone defenses, said military sources who have served on the base.
Despite the repeated attacks and a well-funded Pentagon’s investment in counter-drone technology, the U.S. military failed to stop the Tower 22 drone attack.
“The air defenses were minimal, if any,” an Air Force airman, who served at Tower 22 last year, told The Intercept. “We relied heavily on aircraft from MSAB” — Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, a nearby Jordanian base that houses a U.S. military presence — “to stop any targets. We had a radar system called TPS-75 that was broken 80 percent of the time I was there.”
A preliminary military investigation reported in the Washington PostOpens in a new tab on Tuesday concluded that the drone was never detected, likely by flying too low for the bases antiquated radar system. Just a week before the attack, the military announced an $84 million contractOpens in a new tab to work on a replacement to the TPS-75, a mobile, ground-based radar array from the 1960s.
With inadequate defenses in place, the Tower 22 drone attack led to the deaths of the three U.S. service members and injuries to at least 40 others, casualties that spurred deepening U.S. military involvement in a tense Middle East.
@L1beralRichieLibertarian4mos4MO
As usual, US government and MSM are lying about just about everything surrounding the 3 United States soldiers killed at “Tower 22” and supposed “Iranian aggression”. Iraq and Syria want the U.S. occupiers out of their countries, simply put. Iran is their ally, but they are not Iran’s proxies. Watch this video and you will know and understand more than 99% of people in America and its allied countries. Watch & Share:
It would be nice to investigate the use of the funds derived from American exploitation of Syrian oil. You may find a lot of skeletons in that closet, like one named after the ancient Egyptian goddess of healing and magic.
@AnteaterMikeRepublican4mos4MO
No you won’t. Syrian crudes r crappy quality and very tough to refine and thus they woudl be poor choice. FYI they r trucking in tankers thru the desert into Iraq where they sell it at lower pricing and use that money to train Kurdish forces who r trying to liberate area from ISIL
@9JQPPM34mos4MO
There was an attack on US soldiers which is a big deal.
@MothCamilaConstitution4mos4MO
So Tower 22 where the 3 soldiers were killed a while ago had NO AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM.
They lied at first telling us they confused the drone with one if ours.
Turns out they had no means to shoot it down at all.
Sigh.
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