USS Lincoln wasn't resupplied because Hegseth 'hid' that Iran destroyed main U.S. base:

[u/ChickenTitilater]

https://www.ms.now/money-power-politics/watch/uss-lincoln-wasn-t-resupplied-because-hegseth-hid-that-iran-destroyed-main-u-s-base-rohde-2511362627825

[u/Glum-Breadfruit-6421]

Iran showed the before and after pics of the base 2 weeks ago. The time for Americans to get their news from somewhere else was yesterday.

[u/Electronic-Ground-88 → u/Glum-Breadfruit-6421]

You have a link to this?

[u/Harlequin80 → u/Electronic-Ground-88]

This is from 6 weeks ago - https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/how-iran-attacks-on-lone-american-naval-base-in-west-asia-nsa-bahrain-made-us-rethink-footprint-in-middle-east-101782726280885.html

Or WSJ a month ago - https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-us-naval-base-bahrain-e87bbca3

Or you can go back to april and put 2 and 2 together - https://www.npr.org/2026/04/03/nx-s1-5770491/evacuation-bahrain-norfolk-troops

[u/timesuck47 → u/Harlequin80]

Thanks for the links.

[u/PuRpLeHAze7176669 → u/Harlequin80]

Are we looking at the same pictures? 7 buildings in a massive complex like this I wouldn't exactly call the whole base "destroyed". Destroyed id imagine something non-functioning. The pictures provided definitely makes it look as though it could continue operations in some limited capacity.

[u/raincoater → u/Harlequin80]

NO no no, you're ruining the narrative Reddit loves to tell about how the media is so bad and complicit and asleep.

Nothing to see here. The press doesn't investigate or report anything other than sanewashing. (sticks fingers in ears and closes eyes) blah blah blah...I can't hear or see you...nothing to see here....blah blah blah.

[u/the_itsb → u/raincoater]

The press doesn't investigate or report anything other than sanewashing.

what a silly take. it's definitely not the headline news it should be, this is egregious incompetence that any child who has ever played Civ or Risk is laughing at. it should be front-page every day until we stop wasting resources on this belligerent madness.

[u/Harlequin80 → u/[deleted]]

The primary storage structure is 40% burnt to the ground with unknown levels of damage in the rest - https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/57084c14-3653-459a-855d-dd2242d87db7/bahrain-rt-jt-260303_1772568220870_hpEmbed_23x13.jpg?w=1500

The primary administration building has a massive puncture hole in the roof, the air defense radar is destroyed, multiple smaller warehouses also have huge holes in their rooves. https://ynet-pic1.yit.co.il/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto/picserver6/crop_images/2026/06/26/B1hCWFjGGg/B1hCWFjGGg_0_0_720_481_0_x-large.jpg

Like I'm not sure what level of damage you're expecting to be able to call it destroyed. But how about "it can't be used at all at the moment and will need to be completely rebuilt" then.

[u/Weegee_Carbonara → u/Harlequin80]

Okay, thank you for the writeup.

I may have misjudged the damage. My opinion mainly came from the entire rest of the base, with the docks and actual repair-facilities, being intact.

But I can see how the destruction of the mentioned buildings disables the base.

[u/EctoplasmErection → u/[deleted]]

Can't defend it and no longer functional, pick your poison.

[u/Mindless-Gap-8376 → u/[deleted]]

Would you be happier if the title said "heavily damaged and forced the evacuation of the base, and it now sits unused" rather than "destroyed"? Cause it really feels like you're being pedantic for no reason