David Vergun at the Department of War’s Pentagon News offers a piece on the U.S. military’s actions in Iran.
To date, U.S. forces are dominating the air and sea and have hit
thousands of Iranian targets during Operation Epic Fury, said Pentagon Press
Secretary Kingsley Wilson today in the War Department's Weekly Sitrep video.
"We will continue to deliver devastating combat power," Wilson added.
At a press conference yesterday, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the current
campaign is laser-focused and decisive, and the U.S. objectives of destroying
Iran's missiles and missile launchers, eliminating the country's navy and
ensuring Iran never acquires a nuclear weapon remain unchanged.
As evidence of the progress being made,
Hegseth said Iranian ballistic missile and one-way drone attacks are down 90%
since combat operations began Feb. 28.
Additionally, he said U.S. Central
Command forces have damaged or sunk more than 120 Iranian naval vessels,
including all 11 of their submarines.
"To the 50,000 service members
supporting this mission, and their families, we are thinking about you, and we
are beyond proud of your resolve and resiliency. You are the very best of our
great nation," Wilson said.
Earlier this week, President Donald J.
Trump, Hegseth and Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, honored the six fallen KC-135 Stratotanker crew members during a
dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. They and seven other
service members have made the ultimate sacrifice during Operation Epic Fury,
she said.
Centcom published an Epic Fury fact
sheet this week, which lists the types of targets being pursued. They include
command and control centers; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps headquarters and
intelligence sites; air defense systems; ballistic missile, anti-ship missile
and surface-to-air missile sites; weapon production and storage bunkers;
military infrastructure and communications capabilities; and naval ships and
submarines.
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