About 44 U.S. Soldiers Held the Base When Iran's Missiles Came In — Al Udeid's 120 Seconds

On June 23, 2025, two days after B-2s struck Iran's nuclear sites, Iran fired ballistic missiles at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, home to Central Command's forward headquarters. Most of the base had moved out of the likely target zone; what remained were two Patriot batteries and roughly 44 American soldiers, the youngest a 21-year-old private. Gen. Dan Caine called it, by his belief, the largest single Patriot engagement in U.S. military history. The records disagree on how many missiles came in and on the one that hit. No American or Qatari personnel were hurt. Two nights earlier, the twelve bombs on Fordow and the seven B-2s: the whole of Operation Midnight Hammer is in the full film (about 18 minutes): [link to the full film — add after upload] Sources · U.S. Department of Defense — Gen. Caine press briefing, June 26, 2025 (transcript) · U.S. Central Command — Al Udeid statement (June 23, 2025) · Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents — DCPD-202500713 (June 23, 2025) · Truth Social — President Trump, June 23, 2025 · Air & Space Forces Magazine — Pentagon spokesman on the Al Udeid impact (July 11, 2025) · Associated Press — satellite analysis of Al Udeid · Reuters, via FDD's Long War Journal (June 23, 2025) · Anadolu Agency · CNN — Qatari officials' missile counts · Mehr News Agency — Iran's Supreme National Security Council secretary (June 23, 2025) · American Enterprise Institute Critical Threats Project — Iran Update (June 23, 2025) The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement. The 3D scenes are a directed reconstruction built from the records with carved models, not footage. The narration is a synthetic voice. #shorts #AlUdeid #Patriot #OperationMidnightHammer #USArmy #AirDefense #Iran #Qatar #SANDTABUL— SANDTABUL · Warfare, set out on the sand table. Battles, operations and the machines of war, re-staged in carved 3D and placed in the world that shaped them.