IRGC launches 42nd wave — drone and missile barrage hits Gulf states, Bahrain intercepts 12 ballistic missiles

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Iran's IRGC launched its 42nd wave of Operation True Promise 4, firing a coordinated barrage of ballistic missiles and drones at Gulf states and US military installations across the region. Bahrain's military intercepted 12 ballistic missiles in a single wave — the largest single salvo directed at the island kingdom — with Patriot systems firing 18 interceptors. Some debris fell in uninhabited areas of the island, injuring five people. Kuwait intercepted multiple drones but reported drone debris caused fires at two industrial facilities near Ahmadi; four workers were injured. The UAE shot down six missiles aimed at Al Dhafra Air Base near Abu Dhabi, home to US F-35 and F-22 squadrons. Saudi Arabia intercepted a separate wave of 15 drones targeting Dammam. The overnight barrage appeared designed to strain Gulf air defense systems through simultaneous multi-vector attacks. The US Navy destroyer USS Gravely fired SM-3 interceptors at two ballistic missiles threatening the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier group operating in the Arabian Sea.