The Pentagon has acknowledged that an Iranian ballistic missile hit Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in June during an Iranian attack after President Donald Trump downplayed the assault.

Iran attacked a key communications base for the United States outside of Qatar, housing geodesic drone equipment amid nuclear tensions.The Associated Press analyzed satellite imagery from Planet Labs PBC which showed that the Al Udeid Air Base outside Doha,

Pentagon officials had not previously acknowledged any damage at the base from an Iranian missile attack and had said that U.S. forces there "successfully defended against the attack."