The United States on Friday denied that Iran's Revolutionary Guards had destroyed a U.S. radar system in Bahrain, saying U.S. forces had instead intercepted two Iranian drones headed for the country. U.S. Central Command said on X that "the IRGC launched two one-way attack drones toward Bahrain and both were shot down by U.S. forces," adding that there were no injuries or damage.

The dispute followed a statement earlier in the day from Iran's Revolutionary Guards, which said its forces had "targeted and destroyed the U.S. aggressors' early-warning radar" in Bahrain. The competing accounts leave the claim of a destroyed radar unconfirmed by the U.S. military, which instead described the episode as the interception of two drones with no damage done.S1S2