Details from The New York Times about the expertise of 2 American military…

Details from The New York Times about the expertise of 2 American military personnel killed in Iranian attacks 🔹The New York Times reported that Iran's armed forces agreed to strike American bases in the region after reviewing the war in Ukraine. 🔹According to the newspaper, in Ukraine, Russia used a combination of ballistic and cruise missiles to divert the attention of Ukraine's air defense and then deployed drones. 🔹The newspaper stated that during the 12-day conflict in June 2025, Iranian officials had observed how quickly Israeli and American forces utilized their ballistic missile interceptors to counter barrages of Iranian drones and missiles. 🔹The deadliest Iranian attacks against American forces targeted the Muwaffaq Salti air base in Jordan; a Jordanian military base increasingly used by the U.S. Air Force as a hub for dozens of aircraft and thousands of troops. 🔹Many American forces who were previously stationed in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates were transferred before and during the war to bases like Muwaffaq Salti in Jordan, which were considered safer from drone and ballistic missile attacks due to being farther from Iran. 🔹According to The New York Times, American military experts who evaluated drone and missile attacks in the war in Ukraine have been cooperating for months with the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) in the Middle East to transmit the experiences gained from the war in Ukraine. 🔸Two of the three American soldiers killed in the Iranian attacks on the base in Jordan were members of the same air defense units stationed in Germany that had been deployed to the region as part of this collaboration and experience transfer.