00:00Since our last update, CENTCOM continues to make progress across the southern flank.
00:05To date, they've struck more than 5,000 targets.
00:10U.S. Strategic Command bombers recently dropped dozens of 2,000-pound GPS penetrating weapons
00:17on deeply buried missile launchers across the southern flank.
00:22We also have struck several one-way drone factories to get at the heart of their autonomous capability.
00:29And, of course, alongside our regional partners along the southern flank,
00:33continue to execute intercepts against one-way attack drones using fighters and attack helicopters.
00:42Our strikes mean we've made significant progress in reducing the number of missile and drone attacks out of Iran.
00:50Ballistic missile attacks continue to trend downward 90% from where they've started,
00:55and one-way attack drones have decreased 83% since the beginning of the operation.
01:02A testament to our air defenders and our air defense systems.
01:06And, as I said, our partners in the region continue to do great work as well.
01:12Second, we're making substantial progress towards destroying the Navy.
01:15In the first 10 days of the conflict were more than 50 Iranian naval ships into the campaign
01:22using a combination of artillery, fighters, bombers, and sea launch missiles.
01:27As Admiral Cooper noted last Thursday, we struck and sank an Iranian drone carrier ship,
01:34and U.S. CENTCOM continues today to hunt and strike mine-laying vessels in mine storage facilities.
01:40This work will continue.
01:42Third, we've, against our objectives, we've begun to target Iran's military and industrial complex,
01:49again, focusing on centers of gravity to get upstream of the shooters out in the field
01:55in order to deny them the ability to continue to generate those one-way attack drones.
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