US Central Command said its forces completed a second wave of precision strikes across Iran, hitting military surveillance capabilities, communications systems, and air defense sites, according to CENTCOM. The strikes follow hours of sustained US bombing against Iranian air defenses and command centers, as The Zioneer previously reported. Casualty and damage assessments are not yet available.
CENTCOM confirmed that its forces completed a second wave of precision strikes across Iran, targeting military surveillance capabilities, communication systems, and air defense sites, at 21:46 UTC on June 10. This wave follows an initial wave of strikes that concluded hours earlier, focused on southern Iran and IRGC Navy facilities on Qeshm Island, as The Zioneer reported at 22:34 UTC on June 10 — based on analyst reports before CENTCOM's official confirmation. Reports of renewed explosions in southern Iran had emerged around 23:18 UTC, as The Zioneer noted in a bulletin at that time. CENTCOM described the strikes as self-defense actions in response to what it called Iran's 'unwarranted and continued aggression,' including threats to US forces and international shipping.
Earlier in the evening, multiple thread items from The Zioneer, published simultaneously at 21:46 UTC, tracked the progression: first, CENTCOM announced 'additional self-defense strikes' in what was widely seen as a continuation of the overnight campaign. Minutes later, the command officially declared the operation's end, specifying that it targeted surveillance, communications, and air defense sites. By that point, the IRGC had claimed retaliatory strikes on US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, a claim CENTCOM had previously denied and which remains unverified. The Zioneer's earlier reporting at 01:01 UTC on June 11 noted sirens in Bahrain as Gulf air defenses activated.
As The Zioneer reported on June 9–10, the campaign — named Operation Epic Fury — involved systematic degradation of Iranian monitoring capabilities and expanded regional airspace closures. Background reporting from June 9 detailed that a second wave of US strikes targeted Iranian air defenses and radar systems, with journalist Barak Ravid describing a systematic degradation of Iranian monitoring capabilities. On June 10 at 03:37 UTC, reports indicated that communications and command-and-control facilities were among the targets.
What remains open: casualty and damage assessments from both waves are not yet available. Iranian state media has not commented on the extent of damage. The IRGC's claim of retaliatory strikes on US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain remains unverified by independent sources, and no US confirmation has been issued. Regional airspace closures remain in effect across parts of the Gulf.
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