{"id":1667195,"date":"2026-03-02T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1667195"},"modified":"2026-03-02T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T04:00:00","slug":"airports-data-centers-skyscrapers-power-plants-are-desalination-plants-next-targets-in-u-s-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/airports-data-centers-skyscrapers-power-plants-are-desalination-plants-next-targets-in-u-s-iran-war\/1667195\/","title":{"rendered":"Airports, Data Centers, Skyscrapers, & Power Plants: Are Desalination Plants Next Targets In U.S.-Iran War"},"content":{"rendered":"

Airports, Data Centers, Skyscrapers, & Power Plants: Are Desalination Plants Next Targets In U.S.-Iran War<\/span><\/p>\n

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“I think it’s fair to say this is a third Gulf war, isn’t it?”<\/strong> Economist defense editor Shashank Joshi wrote on X.<\/p>\n

I think fair to say that this is a third Gulf war, isn’t it?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Shashank Joshi (@shashj) March 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Beyond the ongoing exchange<\/a> between U.S. and Israeli forces striking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps military targets and IRGC retaliation strikes against U.S. and allied bases across the Gulf and into Europe, including Cyprus<\/a>, an increasingly uncomfortable reality is beginning to emerge: civilian and commercial targets do not appear to be off limits<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Developments we’ve been following today include drone strikes on Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura complex<\/a>, the largest refinery in the country. Then, drone strikes on a commercial data center run by Amazon AWS in the United Arab Emirates (first-ever in modern warfare<\/a>), as well as countless videos of IRGC missile and drone strikes on condo towers and other civilian soft targets.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: An Iranian missile has struck a luxury skyscraper in Bahrain reports suggest that this skyscraper is housing senior U.S. military command personnel.<\/p>\n

Bahrain officials have not yet released any statements. pic.twitter.com\/CQIQ2Yo7CC<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The British Patriot (@TheBritLad) March 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Incredible Angle for Iranian Sahed drone striking a tower in Bahrain pic.twitter.com\/YyzHOSatEd<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 War Monitor Clips (@WarMonitorClips) February 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Video shows high-rise tower in Bahrain struck by Iranian drone. Wondering if target was particular individual or company. Note the guest workers watching and recording. pic.twitter.com\/FAwRSQGxUs<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Borzou Daragahi \ud83d\udd8a\ud83d\uddd2 (@borzou) February 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Bloomberg commodity analyst Javier Blas wrote on X, “A lot of attention about ‘soft targets’ like hotels and airports. And about oil\/gas facilities.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“But please keep an eye on what may prove the most strategic asset for Persian Gulf countries: water desalination plants,”<\/strong> Blas warned.<\/p>\n

US-IRAN WAR: A lot of attention about “soft targets” like hotels and airports. And about oil \/ gas facilities.<\/p>\n

But please keep an eye on what may prove the most strategic asset for Persian Gulf countries: water desalination plants.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Javier Blas (@JavierBlas) March 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Desalination plants are critical infrastructure for many Gulf states because almost all freshwater in the region comes from either desalinating seawater or pumping deep aquifers<\/strong>. The highest dependence on these plants includes 90% in Kuwait, 86% in Oman, 70% in Saudi Arabia, and 42% in the UAE, coming from desalination.<\/p>\n

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Power plants are not off limits.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udc40 Qatar’s defense ministry says Iran targeted a power plant and a facility at its main LNG production site<\/p>\n

Another sign (after the Ras Tanura attack in Saudi earlier) that Iran now seems to be aiming at critical infrastructure and energy-export facilities in the Gulf https:\/\/t.co\/HWc8qs0lKB<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Gregg Carlstrom (@glcarlstrom) March 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Under international humanitarian law, attacks may only be directed at military targets, not civilians or civilian objects as such. But as shown above, the IRGC’s targeting has proved otherwise.<\/p>\n

Perhaps that’s why some Gulf states that have been on the fence about the war have chosen to join forces with the U.S. and Israel.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: QATAR JOINS WAR AGAINST IRAN<\/p>\n

Qatar\u2019s Ministry of Defense says its air force shot down two Iranian SU-24 fighter jets, intercepted 7 ballistic missiles, and downed 5 drones launched from Iran.<\/p>\n

All threats were destroyed before reaching their targets. pic.twitter.com\/6WchzsFmWv<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Breaking911 (@Breaking911) March 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

So if major desalination plants, or the transmission systems tied to them, were knocked offline in wartime, the result could quickly become a humanitarian emergency, especially in dense coastal cities. Let’s hope Blas did not give the IRGC any ideas on X.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nMon, 03\/02\/2026 – 18:00<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bhttps:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/military\/airports-data-centers-skyscrapers-power-plants-are-desalination-plants-next-targets-us<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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