continues adding figures that reflect the intensity of the conflict. The US Army claimed this Tuesday to have destroyed 17 Iranian military ships and around 100 ballistic missiles in the operations carried out during the last days after the start of the operation
The balance has been given by the United States Central Command (Centcom) through an update published on its official account on the social network X, which details some of the results of the bombings carried out since last weekend.
According to the admiral Brad Cooper, head of Central Command and responsible for US military operations in Middle East, Dozens of American bombers attacked a military port in southern Iran, where numerous US vessels were destroyed. Iranian Navy.
The attack would have knocked out 17 military ships and a submarine, in one of the most important blows against the naval capacity of the Persian country since the beginning of the offensive.
2,000 objectives attacked
The military report also estimates that 2,000 targets attacked since hostilities began. These include 100 ballistic missiles, which the Pentagon says have been destroyed before they could be used in attacks against Israel or US bases in the region.
Admiral Cooper said the strikes have had a significant impact on Iran’s military capabilities. In fact, he assured that Iran has been left without identifiable military vessels in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Omanareas where the Islamic Republic has maintained a naval presence for decades.
The claim reflects the extent of attacks against Iranian military infrastructure, although it cannot be independently verified.
Iran’s arsenal remains huge
Despite the impact of the bombings, the Pentagon warns that
According to the data managed by the Command Central, the country has around 5,000 ballistic missiles and about 2,000 drones, many of which have become priority objectives within the joint offensive that the United States maintains with Israel.
The objective of these operations, according to Washingtonis to reduce the military capacity of the Iranian regime and prevent it from launching new attacks against American allies in the region.
Drones inspired by Iranian technology
Among the operational developments revealed by the Pentagon, the use of massive drone attacks within the task force called “Scorpion Strike”.
As Admiral Cooper explained, this system uses attack drones designed from technology originally developed in Iran, which was later adapted by United States to execute large-scale one-way attacks.
This type of drones kamikaze They have become one of the key tools in new war scenarios, where unmanned systems allow strategic objectives to be attacked with less troop exposure.
First direct military report from the front
Admiral Cooper’s appearance represents the first detailed assessment offered by the US military command that directs operations in Middle East since the war started last weekend.
Until now, the information had come mainly through policymakers in the US administration.
In fact, the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, had already warned in the Senate that the military offensive would increase its intensity in the coming hours, anticipating an escalation in attacks against Iranian targets.
With thousands of targets already attacked, ships sunk, missiles destroyed and drones deployed en masse, the conflict is moving towards an increasingly intense phase, while the region remains pending the next military decisions of Washington, Tehran and Tel Aviv.
