U.S. Central Command, CENTOM, on Tuesday said U.S. forces had struck nearly 2,000 targets in Iran since the United States-Israel large-scale offensive against the country on Saturday.
In an operational update on X, Admiral Brad Cooper of CENTOM, which oversees U.S. forces in the region, said: “Our military in the Middle East is undertaking an unprecedented operation to eliminate Iran’s ability to threaten Americans.
“We’ve already struck nearly 2,000 targets with more than 2,000 munitions. We have severely degraded Iran’s air defences and destroyed hundreds of Iran’s ballistic missiles, launchers and drones.”
Within less than 100 hours, the military also destroyed 17 Iranian warships, he added.
Among the targets attacked was Iran’s “most operational” submarine.
He reiterated that the aim was to sink the entire Iranian navy.
“Today, there’s not a single Iranian ship underway in the Arabian Gulf (also known as the Persian Gulf or the Gulf), the Strait of Hormuz or the Gulf of Oman,” Cooper said.
He added that Iran has been harassing international shipping for decades.
The U.S. information could not initially be independently verified.
The United States and Israel launched a large-scale offensive against Iran on Saturday, sparking a regional escalation as Tehran fired missiles at U.S. bases in several Gulf states.
Source: dpa/NAN
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