00:00Just about everything there is to obliterate, including leadership.
00:03Their Navy's gone, their Air Force is gone, their anti-aircraft equipment is gone.
00:08We're flying wherever we want, Pete.
00:10We have nobody even shooting at us.
00:13And I saw what was happening in Iran, and I said,
00:16I hate to make this excursion, but we're going to have to do it.
00:20And I actually thought the numbers would be worse.
00:22I thought that it would go up more than it did.
00:26But we're doing this excursion, and when it's completed,
00:29we're going to have a much safer world.
00:31And the Prime Minister agrees with me on this.
00:33He considers it to be terrible what they're in it.
00:36I think every country does, just about every country does.
00:39Iran is a serious threat to the world, to the Middle East and to the world.
00:43And everybody agrees with me.
00:45I think virtually every country agrees with me on that.
00:49So I wanted to put out that fire.
00:52And I said, you know, we do that, oil prices will go up,
00:55the economy will go down a little bit.
00:57I thought it would be worse, much worse, actually.
01:00I thought there was a chance it could be much worse.
01:02It's not bad.
01:03And it's going to be over with pretty soon.
01:04We've obliterated the Navy.
01:06We've obliterated their just about everything there is to obliterate,
01:10including leadership.
01:12Their Navy is gone.
01:13Their Air Force is gone.
01:14Their anti-aircraft equipment is gone.
01:16We're flying wherever we want, Pete.
01:18We have no, nobody even shooting at us.
01:21They have, I mean, and as you know, their leadership is gone.
01:27Their leaders are gone.
01:29They pick new leaders, they're gone.
01:31They pick new leaders, they're gone.
01:32And now they're looking for new leaders again.
01:34And we can take out the island anytime we want.
01:41I call it the little oil island that sits there, so totally unprotected.
01:45We've taken out everything but the pipes.
01:47We left the pipes because to rebuild the pipes would take years for,
01:51you know, for them to do.
01:55But we are, I would say, we are substantially ahead of schedule.
01:59And I had to do this.
02:01I had to, I call it an excursion.
02:03I had to take this little excursion and do something that no other president had the courage to do.
02:09And everybody wanted to do it, but they never had the courage to do.
02:12And I don't blame them.
02:13I'm not blaming them.
02:31A major development in the U.S.-Israel-Iran conflict,
02:35Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, IRGC,
02:39claims it successfully targeted a U.S. F-35 Lightning II over central Iran,
02:46releasing chilling footage of what appears to be the engagement.
02:49According to the IRGC, the incident occurred at 2.50 a.m. local time
02:55when advanced Iranian air defense systems locked onto and engaged the stealth fighter.
03:01Iranian state media released purported video showing radar locks and missile activity,
03:06though independent verification of the footage and the aircraft's identity remains pending.
03:12CNN and other sources report that the F-35 made an emergency landing at a U.S. or Allied airbase
03:18in the Middle East.
03:20Captain Tim Hawkins, spokesperson for U.S. Central Command, confirmed,
03:24the aircraft landed safely and the pilot is in stable condition.
03:28This incident is under investigation.
03:30This is the first successful Iranian strike on a U.S. aircraft in the war that began in late February
03:372026,
03:38which has seen large-scale U.S. and Israeli operations targeting Iranian nuclear, missile,
03:44and military infrastructure under Operation Epic Fury.
03:48The IRGC released a video showing the moment Iranian forces hit the U.S. F-35 jet.
04:04The F-35 involved is a fifth-generation stealth fighter, costing over $100 million,
04:11making this potential strike a rare and significant event in modern air combat.
04:16Both the U.S. and Israel are deploying F-35s in the conflict,
04:21performing deep strikes and maintaining air superiority.
04:24Notably, earlier this month, an Israeli F-35 scored the type's first air-to-air kill,
04:31downing an Iranian Y-130 over Tehran.
04:34Despite the emergency landing, U.S. officials continue to project confidence.
04:40Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described the campaign as winning decisively,
04:44claiming Iranian air defenses have been largely flattened.
04:48Meanwhile, the broader conflict continues to escalate.
04:51Iran launches missile and drone barrages against U.S. bases and regional allies.
04:57Coalition forces continue systematic strikes on Iranian military infrastructure.
05:02Oil markets and regional security remain extremely volatile, with global ramifications.
05:07For now, the skies over Iran have become a high-stakes testing ground for the most advanced fighter jets in
05:14the world,
05:15and this reported strike raises urgent questions about the effectiveness of stealth technology
05:20against modern, layered air defense networks.
05:23The incident could mark a turning point in the aerial dimension of the war,
05:28intensifying the conflict, and adding a new layer of risk to regional and global security.
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