Hid in Saddam's bunker: Consequences of a missile strike on an American air base in Iraq

Together with several other soldiers, a Danish sergeant named John waited several hours in a bunker in anticipation of an Iranian attack on Ain al-Assad military base.
The government was warned six hours before missile strikes at military bases. Correspondent Rasmus Tantoldt interviewed him in Kuwait after most of the 133 soldiers who were at the base were evacuated.
Six hours before Iran sent missiles to two military bases in Iraq, the Danish government and the Defense Forces were aware of the attack. John and the other soldiers were notified of the attack several hours before it happened, and they waited several hours in the attack bunker.
Nevertheless, the first blow came as a surprise. They hit 9 missiles with a capacity of one ton each. It was indescribable. I have never experienced anything like it, and I hope that I will never experience it again. It was a brutal attack. The attack was so strong that the bunker shook, and a lot of dust penetrated inside.
We had to sit with scarves on our faces to breathe, says John. The worst thing was the ignorance and powerlessness of the Danish soldiers in the face of the expectation of new strikes. We did not know where and when the next rocket would fall.
We could just sit and wait. We could not do what we are prepared for. We could just wait, says John.
Danish soldiers reacted differently. Some sat and told jokes to protect themselves. Some clung to each other, and some cried, says the Danish sergeant.
After the attack, the soldiers were surprised that there was no more destruction. I would have thought that the nearest missile hit 300 feet from us, and when we walked later, there were helicopters torn in half, and the openings were so large that the van could be parked in them.
Psychologists are now traveling to Kuwait to help Danish soldiers recover from a terrifying experience. We really need them. It was a situation for which we were not prepared, says John.