2026年4月27日 / 美国东部时间下午4:18 / 哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）新闻
四名民主党参议员表示，他们正在调查五角大楼是否在伊朗无人机袭击前，让位于科威特的一处指挥所内的美军缺乏足够防护。此次袭击造成6名美国军人死亡、20多人受伤。
此次调查启动前，该基地驻军向CBS新闻透露，他们当时身处危险境地，而该地点早已是伊朗无人机的已知目标。本月早些时候，遭袭部队成员首次公开露面，向CBS新闻详细讲述了此次袭击的经过。袭击发生在美国与伊朗之间持续数月的冲突爆发首日。
在致国防部长皮特·赫格斯思的信件中，参议院军事委员会的四名民主党议员对五角大楼的防御准备工作提出质疑，并询问拜登政府是否“未能保护该地区美国人免受伊朗报复”。
袭击发生次日的新闻发布会上，赫格斯思将伊朗无人机形容为“漏网之弹”，称其“恰好击中了一处设防的战术作战中心，但这些无人机威力极强”。
部分幸存者、陆军第103维持司令部的官兵驳斥了赫格斯思的说法。
“将袭击描述为‘仅有一架无人机突破防线’纯属谎言，”一名受伤士兵对CBS新闻表示，“我想让所有人知道，该部队……毫无自卫准备。该阵地并非设防据点。”
该战术作战中心的建筑风格与伊拉克战争和阿富汗战争期间常见的设施类似——在无人机战争兴起之前如此。建筑周围环绕着被称为T型墙的钢筋混凝土屏障。这类屏障旨在保护军人免受迫击炮或火箭弹的冲击波影响，但无法抵御空中袭击。
“这就是那种典型的老旧军事基地，”一名士兵回忆道，“只有一些小型掩体。还有一堆小小的铁皮房，我们可以在里面搭建临时办公室。”
无人机袭击后的现场视频显示，建筑浓烟滚滚、余火闷燃。幸存军人描述了当时的惨烈场景：战友们因弹片伤大量失血，还有多人身受重伤。
这四名参议员分别是纽约州的柯尔斯滕·吉利布兰德、马萨诸塞州的伊丽莎白·沃伦、康涅狄格州的理查德·布卢门撒尔以及亚利桑那州的马克·凯利。他们正在调取战争爆发前有关该科威特哨所的风险评估信息。其中一名士兵告诉CBS新闻，他们看到情报显示该哨所已被列入伊朗潜在打击目标名单。
“赫格斯思部长派我们的部队前往伊朗作战，却拒绝采取基本措施保护他们，在军人阵亡后还试图掩盖自己的失职，”沃伦在一份声明中说道，“赫格斯思的领导班子一次又一次地背叛——必须追究他的责任。”
美国国防部以该事件正在进行调查为由拒绝置评。在X平台上针对CBS新闻此前关于此次袭击的报道发表回应时，国防部助理部长肖恩·帕内尔称，“各级都已采取一切可能的措施保护我们的部队”。
赫格斯思计划于周四出席参议院军事委员会听证会，此前他已于周三在众议院相关委员会作证。
Democratic senators launch investigation into Kuwait strike that killed U.S. troops
April 27, 2026 / 4:18 PM EDT / CBS News
Four Democratic senators say they are investigating whether the Pentagon left U.S. troops at a command post in Kuwait without sufficient protection ahead of an Iranian drone attack that killed six American servicemembers and left more than 20 wounded.
The probe comes after soldiers stationed at the base told CBS News they were left dangerously exposed at a location that was a known target for Iranian drones. Speaking publicly for the first time earlier this month, members of the targeted unit offered CBS News a detailed account of the attack, which occurred on the first day of what has extended into a monthslong conflict between the U.S. and Iran.
In a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, four Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee questioned the Pentagon’s preparations and whether the administration “failed to protect Americans in the region from Iranian retaliation”.
At a press conference the day after the attack, Hegseth described the Iranian drone as a “squirter” that “happened to hit a tactical operations center that was fortified, but these were powerful weapons.”
Some of the survivors, members of the Army’s 103rd Sustainment Command, disputed Hegseth’s account.
“Painting a picture that ‘one squeaked through’ is a falsehood,” one of the injured soldiers told CBS News. “I want people to know the unit … was unprepared to provide any defense for itself. It was not a fortified position.”
Photo obtained by CBS News shows damage from the Iranian drone attack that killed six U.S. service members in Kuwait on March 1, 2026.
The tactical operation center was similar to structures commonplace during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan — before the rise of drone warfare. Steel-reinforced concrete barriers known as T-walls surrounded the building. These types of barriers are designed to shield service members from the blast of a mortar or rocket but offer no protection from aerial attacks.
“It’s just kind of a classic, older military base,” one soldier recalled. “Some small barriers. There’s a bunch of little tin buildings where we can set up makeshift offices.”
Video of the aftermath of the drone strike shows smoke billowing from the building, fires smoldering. Surviving service members described a grisly scene, with their fellow soldiers bleeding heavily from shrapnel wounds and dealing with severe head injuries.
The senators — New York’s Kirsten Gillibrand, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, and Arizona’s Mark Kelly — are seeking information about risk assessments related to the Kuwaiti post ahead of the start of the war. One of the soldiers told CBS News they saw intelligence showing the post was on a list of potential Iranian targets.
“Secretary Hegseth sent our troops to fight in Iran, refused to take basic steps to protect them, and then tried to cover up his failures when service members died,” Warren said in a statement. “Hegseth’s leadership has been one betrayal after another — he must be held accountable.”
The Defense Department declined to comment, citing an active investigation into the incident. In a post on X addressing prior CBS News reporting on the attack, Assistant Secretary of Defense Sean Parnell said “every possible measure has been taken to safeguard our troops — at every level.”
Hegseth is set to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday, following testimony before a House panel on Wednesday.
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