"An operations center targeted by an Iranian drone strike that killed six American soldiers on Sunday was located in the heart of a civilian port in Kuwait, miles away from the main Army base, according to satellite images and a U.S. official. The husband of one of the slain soldiers, who was part of a supply and logistics unit based in Iowa, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the hub was a shipping container-style building and had no defenses."
"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that the six soldiers were killed in a tactical operations center when a projectile made its way past air defenses. A day later, the Pentagon confirmed it was a drone strike in Port Shuaiba when announcing the names of four of the soldiers who were slain."
"The operations center was just a little over a mile from some of the piers where merchant ships would offload cargo containers and was surrounded by oil storage tanks, refineries and a power plant. It is located in the heart of Port Shuaiba, a working seaport and industrial area just south of Kuwait City."
An Iranian drone strike on Sunday killed six American soldiers stationed at a tactical operations center in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait's main seaport. The facility, housed in a shipping container-style building, was located in a civilian port area surrounded by oil storage tanks, refineries, and a power plant, approximately one mile from merchant ship piers and over ten miles from Camp Arifjan, the primary Army base. According to a soldier's husband, the operations center had no defensive measures. Satellite imagery confirmed the main building was destroyed. The strike occurred as the U.S. and Israel conducted military operations against Iran, prompting Iranian retaliation across the region. Defense officials acknowledge additional American casualties are likely.
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