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Satellite images released on Monday show several military ships burned at the Iranian base of Bandar Abbas
The Central Command of the US armed forces claimed to have sunk “the entire Iranian Navy” and destroyed hundreds of ballistic missiles since attacks against Iran began on Saturday.
In an update video published on social media, the commander of the Central Command of the US armed forces (CENTCOM), Admiral Brad Cooperstated this Tuesday that the attacks launched in conjunction with Israel reached 2,000 targets and allowed, in the first 100 hours of operations, “severely degrade Iranian air defenses”.
“E we won’t stop, we will continue to conduct dynamic operations directed against mobile ballistic missile launchers to destroy what would be characterized as Iran’s remaining launch capability,” Cooper says.
On a mission to a military port in southern Iran, dozens of American bombers “sank the entire Iranian Navy”, with 17 ships destroyed, “including the most operational Iranian submarine”.
“For decades, the Iranian regime has harassed international shipping. Today, there is not a single Iranian ship sailing in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or the Gulf of Oman”says Cooper.
Iran guarantees “full control” of the Strait of Hormuz
Still, this Wednesday, after the President of the United States, Donald Trumphaving stated that the US Navy could escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz “if necessary”, the US Revolutionary GuardIran assured that it has “complete control” of the Strait of Hormuza crucial choke point for the global oil trade at the entrance to the Persian Gulf.
“Currently, the Strait of Hormuz is under the full control of the Islamic Republic Navy,” he said Mohammad Akbarzadeha senior Guard naval official, in a statement cited by Iran’s state news agency Fars.
destructive CENTCOM
In addition to ships and hundreds of ballistic missiles, ‘drones’ were also destroyed, according to the head of CENTCOM.
The operations have involved the largest US military device deployed in the region “in the last generation”, B-1 and B-2 stealth bombersand more recently B-52which targeted command and control centers for Iranian forces.
“Iran’s capability is declining and our capability is increasing,” says Cooper.
In response, he added, Tehran fired 500 ballistic missiles and 2,000 drones, targeting civilian targets “indiscriminately”.
