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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the United States is intensifying military operations against Iran as part of its ongoing campaign, with more strikes, bombers and missiles hitting Iranian targets. Hegseth reiterated that U.S. objectives — including degrading Iran’s missile forces, naval capabilities and defense infrastructure — remain unchanged. However, Iran has vowed retaliation for recent losses and is responding with counterattacks across the region. Get the latest verified updates on escalating U.S.–Iran conflict and what it means for the future of the Middle East

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00:00And today will be the largest strike package yet, just like yesterday was.
00:05As I've said from day one, our capabilities continue to build, Iran's continue to degrade.
00:11We're hunting and striking death and destruction from above.
00:16To date, we've struck over 7,000 targets across Iran and its military infrastructure.
00:20That is not incremental. That is overwhelming force applied with precision.
00:25And again, today will be the largest strike package yet, just like yesterday was.
00:31As I've said from day one, our capabilities continue to build, Iran's continue to degrade.
00:36We're hunting and striking death and destruction from above.
00:43Iran's air defenses flattened.
00:46Iran's defense industrial base, the factories, the production lines that feed their missile and drone programs being overwhelmingly destroyed.
00:54We've hit hundreds of their defense industrial bases directly.
00:59Their ability to manufacture new ballistic missiles has probably taken the hardest hit of all.
01:04Ballistic missile attacks against our forces, down 90% since the start of the conflict.
01:09Same with one-way attack UAVs. Think kamikaze drones, down 90%.
01:14Now, the Iranians will still shoot, we know that.
01:17But they would shoot a lot more if they could, but they can't.
01:22The last job anyone in the world wants right now, senior leader for the IRGC or besiege, temp jobs, all
01:32of them.
01:33And to borrow a page from Admiral Ernest King in World War II, we've decided to share the ocean with
01:40Iran.
01:41We've given them the bottom half.
01:44We've damaged or sunk over 120 of their Navy ships, with battle damage assessments pending for many more.
01:51See, oftentimes we have to wait a few days on battle damage assessment to get the real number.
01:55Their surface fleet is no longer a factor.
01:58Their submarines, they once had 11, are gone.
02:01Their military ports are crippled.
02:03The media here, not all of it, but much of it, wants you to think just 19 days into this
02:12conflict
02:12that we're somehow spinning toward an endless abyss or a forever war or a quagmire.
02:18Nothing could be further from the truth.
02:23Hear it from me, one of hundreds of thousands who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan,
02:28who watched previous foolish politicians like Bush, Obama, and Biden squander American credibility.
02:38This is not those wars.
02:41President Trump knows better.
02:44Epic Fury is different.
02:47It's laser focused.
02:48It's decisive.
02:49Our objectives, given directly from our America first president, remain exactly what they were on day one.
02:59These are not the media's objectives, not Iran's objectives, not new objectives, our objectives.
03:08Unchanged, on target, and on plan.
03:12Again, destroy missiles, launchers, and Iran's defense industrial base so they cannot rebuild.
03:20Destroy their navy, and Iran never gets a nuclear weapon.
03:25Our objectives from day one.
03:29To the patriotic members of the press, nobody can deliver perfection in wartime.
03:35This building knows that more than anyone.
03:38But report the reality, we're winning decisively, and on our terms.
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