Iran's Widest Gulf Strike Hits Four States as BeiDou Kills US Jamming Defense

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched what it called the broadest single-night attack of the 2026 war early Sunday, striking U.S. military and regional targets across four countries. Between roughly 02:00 and 03:30 UTC, IRGC forces fired Zolfaghar ballistic missiles and armed drones at installations in Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan, while also targeting infrastructure at Oman’s Port of Duqm and hitting a commercial container ship in the Gulf of Oman. The article says BeiDou-3 satellite navigation has largely reduced U.S. electronic-warfare jamming, leaving Patriot and THAAD interceptors facing critically depleted stockpiles as a last line of defense. Qatar reported three injuries, including a child, from shrapnel after air-defense warnings. The U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet and CENTCOM were involved in assessing impacts, and as of early morning Sunday no American casualties were publicly confirmed. In the Strait of Hormuz, the Cyprus-flagged M/V GFS Galaxy was found badly damaged; India’s external affairs ministry confirmed 10 of 11 Indian crew members were rescued, with one missing. Competitive context hinges on depleted U.S. intercept reserves and Iran’s expanding “attrition” campaign, now described as exceeding 80 strike packages since the June 17 Islamabad Memorandum collapsed.