New satellite analysis reveals massive damage US military sites suffered from airstrikes

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By Travis Gettys
Published May 6, 2026 9:21 AM ET

A comprehensive Washington Post analysis of satellite imagery reveals that Iranian airstrikes have inflicted far more extensive damage on U.S. military installations across the Middle East than publicly acknowledged, destroying or damaging at least 228 structures and pieces of equipment at 15 bases since the war began on Feb. 28.

The scale of destruction significantly exceeds previous reports, the Post analysis found. The New York Times previously documented strikes at 14 installations, NBC News reported 100 targets across 11 bases and CNN identified 16 damaged installations, but the Post's satellite imagery analysis found 217 damaged structures and 11 pieces of destroyed equipment — revealing a substantially broader scope of Iranian capability and precision.

“The Iranian attacks were precise – there are no random craters indicating misses,” said retired Marine Corps colonel Mark Cancian, a senior adviser with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, after reviewing the .

https://www.rawstory.com/iran-2676857737/

And this treasonous administration wants 1.5 trillion dollar's for the military............

[malaise]

1. They know

They just don’t want you to know

[dalton99a]

2. Kick

[magicarpet]

3. $1.5 trillion big deal,.. so what,....

Lobster, king crab legs, filet mignon, Russian caviar, and expensive French champagne to wash it all down - at the Pentagon parties for the big shots are not free you know. Somebody needs to pick up the tab, why not the American taxpayers ? Party on boys.

[Botany]

4. And who is supplying Iran with real time satellite data and images on potential targets?

And who is supplying Iran with jet powered drones that have technology that prevents the drones from being discovered before they hit their targets?

[surfered]

7. Exactly! Read my mind.

[Uncle Joe]

8. Well Putin is sitting with his legs spread wide and right hand fingers pointing toward his crotch,

and *rump has his hands in the shape of a heart.

[niyad]

6. KNR

[SamuelTheThird]

9. We are in an insoluble position at this point

[multigraincracker]

10. For $15 million we could hire enough

auditors to save twice that amount. No one ever looks at the books.

[paleotn]

12. It's called DCAA - Defense Contract Audit Agency.

They actually do a good job keeping things above board. There is waste here and there, but not as extensive as the common meme, with DCAA in folks "financial shorts" routinely.

Here's the real problem / situation. Much of it due to the nature of defense spending...

- DoD programs are sometimes a make work project for congress critters and their states / districts. They routinely keep alive programs and platforms DoD doesn't even want. End of the day, it's congress critters in charge of how much DoD spends and on what.

- You can't buy system components just off the shelf from anywhere. Unless there's no other choice, the entire supply chain is within the US, with US labor rates. No outsourcing to China or Vietnam for obvious reasons.

- Production runs are generally small, thus costly vs. production at scale, cranking out bazillions of widgets.

- Materials / components are short runs, many times made from materials the commercial world doesn't use due to cost and availability. - read overkill.

- Which leads into quality. If your dishwasher goes on the blink, it's an annoying inconvenience. If military platforms don't do what they're supposed to do, every time, people die. Melodramatic, yes, but that's what would happen if the military took Walmart bombshell quality into battle.

- Lastly, compare the average defense contractors profit margins to Apple, Moderna, Broadcom, Nvidia, etc. You'd be surprised who really has their hand in your pocket.

[paleotn]

11. $1.5T to fight the last war.

The new war should be based on Ukraine's experience. What they're doing and doing on the cheap because they have to. Honestly, we could probably cut the existing budget in half since we're no longer the world's policeman.

[HighFired49]

13. Replacement costs

The 1.5T is probably to repair and replace this issue: "New satellite analysis reveals massive damage US military sites suffered from airstrikes"

[republianmushroom]

14. trump, Whiskey Pete and Rubio lying who would have ever thought that.

[Trueblue Texan]

15. What US President's name rhymes with CHUMP? nt