Photos show widespread damage at US sites from Iranian attacks

Figure caption, Watch: Leaked photos reveal extensive damage at US bases in Gulf.

• Published16 September 2026, 16:23 BST.

Guerra no Irã causou escassez de munições nos EUA, confirma inspetor do Pentágono Publicado há 1 dia.

Images showing widespread damage to multiple US sites in the Middle East from Iranian strikes have been obtained by the BBC's US partner CBS.

As fotos, fornecidas por militares ativos, mostram um jato de radar severamente danificado, trailers achatados e edifícios gravemente danificados.

The undated photos were taken at US bases and sites in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

One member of the military, who was not named by CBS, said: "This is major damage to our bases that hasn't been communicated to the American public.

Estamos lá, de olhos fechados, recebendo um soco no rosto.

The White House referred the BBC to US Central Command. Centcom did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The photos, which have not been independently verified by the BBC, were published the day after a report from the Pentagon's watchdog confirmed hundreds of buildings and structures at US bases in the Middle East have been damaged and destroyed by Iran.

Uma das fotos mostrava um Boeing E‑3 Sentry destruído na Base Aérea da Força Aérea Prince Sultan, na Arábia Saudita, que foi rasgado ao meio, com a seção de cauda amassada em um emaranhado de metal.

Image source, CBS NewsImage caption, An undated photo of a destroyed Boeing E-3 Sentry at Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia, about 62 miles (100km) south-east of the capital Riyadh.

Embora a foto não tenha data, o BBC Verify já confirmou anteriormente uma foto semelhante, aparentemente da mesma aeronave de radar, em março.

The Boeing E-3 Awacs are used to detect and track potential targets at long ranges to provide an early warning of possible threats.

At the time, a US official told Reuters that 12 US personnel had been wounded, two of them seriously, in an Iranian attack on the air base.

Um par de imagens sem data, supostamente do Camp Beuhring, no Kuwait, mostra trailers amassados e uma grande estrutura semelhante a uma tenda que havia sido reduzida a pedaços enquanto fumaça se espalhava pelo local.

Image source, CBS NewsImage caption, Trailers destroyed by Iranian strike at Camp Buehring, Kuwait.

Image source, CBS NewsImage caption, Undated photo shows smoke billowing from a structure that sustained damage in an Iranian strike at Camp Buehring, Kuwait.

Another image shows a four-storey building damaged by an Iranian strike at Camp Arifjan, in Kuwait.

Danos ao local foram relatados em março, incluindo em equipamentos de comunicações por satélite, embora não esteja claro se esta imagem é do mesmo ataque.

Brian Katulis, a former national security official under both Democratic and Republican administrations, said that the damage visible in the images showed that "America had not adequately prepared its defences.

E há fortes evidências de que adversários dos EUA, como China e Rússia, podem ter ajudado o Irã na mira," acrescentou Katulis, agora professor sênior no Middle East Institute.

The Trump administration has done nothing to address these vulnerabilities.

Image source, CBS NewsImage caption, Damage to a building can be seen in this photo from Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.

The images were published on the heels of a report from the Pentagon's watchdog, which found Iranian strikes had "damaged and destroyed hundreds of buildings and structures at US bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman, and Jordan during the conflict.

Nos meses após o início da guerra, “dozens of US aircraft were destroyed or damaged”, o relatório continua.

The document lists several of the aircraft damaged, including five refuelling aircraft which were "damaged or destroyed on the ground in Saudi Arabia by Iranian munitions.

Um relatório separado, externo ao Congressional Budget Office (CBO), observa que a aeronave E‑3 já não está em produção e teria que ser substituída por um equivalente mais moderno, o E‑7.

CBO said that its review was subject to "uncertainty" because the defence department did not respond to its requests for information, requiring the agency to rely on government databases and public reports.

Additionally, the extent of repairs and rebuilding that the US military plans to do remains unclear, according to the report.

Brian Katulis of the Middle East Institute said that while "these costs show how the Trump administration burned through precious military resources without having much to show for it", the greater damage had been to broader US military readiness.

Os Estados Unidos tiveram que desviar ativos militares da Ásia para o Oriente Médio, deixando a América e seus parceiros na Ásia mais expostos e vulneráveis à China," ele disse.

In addition, the depletion of US munitions makes Russia more willing to probe vulnerabilities with America's NATO allies and continue its aggressive war against Ukraine.

While the US has the financial resources to address the equipment losses, it is already facing budgetary problems and may not be able to do so fast enough to prepare for potential flare-ups in the Middle East or elsewhere in the world, he added.

Legenda da figura, Observe: O que a escassez de munições significa para os EUA.

Public and political pressure has mounted on the White House to find an end to the conflict with Iran, which began on 28 February when the US and Israel launched joint attacks on the country.

Desde o início da guerra, o Irã tem atacado repetidamente bases dos EUA e estados aliados no Golfo, bem como Israel.

On Tuesday night, the US House of Representatives voted for the third time to end the war in Iran, approving a measure that would force President Donald Trump to end US military action without congressional approval.

The vote passed with the help of several Republicans, in what could be the final House vote on the matter ahead of the US midterm elections in November.

It faces an uncertain path to passage - the US Senate has not indicated if it will take up the matter.

No mesmo dia, o congressista republicano em licença Thomas Massie anunciou uma tentativa de impeachment do Secretário de Defesa Pete Hegseth, enquanto surgiam novos detalhes sobre o custo da guerra no Irã para os EUA.

The Trump administration backed Hegseth, with US attorney general Todd Blanche telling reporters he was "doing a phenomenal job.

Trump denies US weapons shortage and says information 'leakers' being 'hunted down.

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• A destroyed Boeing E-3 Sentry at Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia, about 62 miles (100km) south-east of the capital Riyadh