Five Americans suffered minor injuries due to a May 28 Iranian missile attack on an airbase in Kuwait that was launched in response to US airstrikes targeting southern Iran, according to a report from Bloomberg.
The report said that the injured included US contractors and military personnel, and that one US MQ-9 Reaper drone was destroyed and at least one other was seriously damaged. A source told Bloomberg that the damage and injuries came after Kuwaiti forces intercepted a Fateh-110 missile, and debris fell on the Ali Al Salem Air Base.
Iran fired the missile after the US bombed a target near Bandar Abbas, a port city in southern Iran. The US said it launched the airstrikes after drones targeted a US commercial vessel, and Iranian media said the ship was targeted for attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz.
The US military hasn’t publicly confirmed the injuries, as the Trump administration has downplayed US casualties in the war against Iran. Before the May 28 attack, the Pentagon’s official casualty toll in the war stood at 423, including 13 Americans who were killed, according to a report from The Intercept.
The Pentagon’s death toll doesn’t include Maj. Sorffly Davius, a member of the New York National Guard who died in Kuwait on March 6, reportedly of a sudden illness. In its statement on his death, the US military said Davius died of “undetermined causes.”
The May 28 attack also adds to the growing number of US MQ-9 Reaper drones that have been destroyed during the war, which, according to another recent Bloomberg report, stands at more than two dozen, or nearly $1 billion worth of the unmanned aircraft.
