# U.S. Bases Under Threat

> Pentagon must prepare for drone attacks on overseas bases after Iran's warnings.
- Title: U.S. Bases Under Threat · Seattletimes | Shortify
- Summary: Pentagon must prepare for drone attacks on overseas bases after Iran's warnings. The Pentagon should review base security, intelligence sharing, and physical…
- Keywords: us military bases, iranian drone attacks, pentagon security, nato, b-1 bombers, fairford air base, ramstein air base, unmanned aerial drones, intelligence sharing, host nation security, news, local
- Source: Seattletimes — https://seattletimes.com/opinion/james-stavridis-us-bases-overseas-are-becoming-prime-targets
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- Topics: us military bases, iranian drone attacks, pentagon security, nato, b-1 bombers, fairford air base, ramstein air base, unmanned aerial drones, intelligence sharing, host nation security, news, local
## U.S. Bases Under Threat
The Pentagon withdrew a dozen B-1 bombers from a British air base after Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reportedly ordered a drone attack.

> out of an abundance of caution
## Iranian Drone Threats
Iran has been striking U.S. military bases in the Middle East for months, causing significant damage to the Navy’s Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain.

> Tehran has also been striking U.S. military bases in the Middle East for months
## Ukraine's Response
Ukraine launched successful drone strikes against Russian bombers over 1,000 miles from Kyiv in June 2025.

> Ukrainians moved their drones into Russia in trucks and then launched them with spectacular results
## Global Base Network
The U.S. has roughly 750 military installations in more than 80 countries, including Ramstein Air Base in Germany.

> Ramstein Air Base in Germany, which has a commissary and exchange complex so big we used to joke you could see it from space
## Historical Lessons
The 1983 Beirut barracks bombing killed nearly 300 U.S. and French troops due to fractured host-nation security.

> The 1983 bombings of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut
## Intelligence Sharing
The Pentagon should improve intelligence sharing with host nations to prevent future attacks like the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing.

> The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia in 1996, in which more than 19 people were killed and 400 injured
## Physical Security
The Pentagon must review base security against drones, surface, tunneling, and maritime threats to protect installations.

> The Pentagon needs to undertake a top-to-bottom review of all its bases for protection against unmanned technologies
## Key takeaway

The Pentagon should review base security, intelligence sharing, and physical defenses to counter drone threats from Iran and other nations.