In the early morning, Iran struck Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. On the ground, sixty American fighter jets were destroyed. Four waves of missiles. Four minutes. Five separate defensive layers defeated in sequence. The largest aviation loss in America since Pearl Harbor. And the deeper story is not just that 60 aircraft are burning on a Qatari runway — it is that Iran designed the strike in four precisely sequenced waves that used each defensive layer's specific operational limitations against it. Ballistic missiles to blind the Patriot radars. Hypersonic missiles to destroy the SHORAD systems before they could reset. Cruise missiles to hit the aircraft. Ballistic missiles to burn the fuel and munitions that would have allowed any survivor to fly. Four minutes. Everything gone.
