US says Iran firing fewer missiles, US strikes to expand inland
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US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth (left) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine delivering a press briefing at the Pentagon, on March 2.
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- US General Caine stated Iran's military capability is greatly diminished, firing fewer missiles. US forces will expand strikes deeper into Iranian territory.
- US Defence Secretary Hegseth confirmed the US is winning the war despite six US troops killed, asserting the US would outlast Iran.
- The US military sank an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka with a torpedo, the first such sinking since WWII, Hegseth confirmed.
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WASHINGTON - Iran is firing fewer missiles than it did at the start of the war
“We will now begin to expand inland striking progressively deeper into Iranian territory, and creating additional freedom of maneuver for US forces,” General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a news briefing at the Pentagon.
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the United States was winning in its war against Iran, even as he lamented six US troops killed so far in the conflict.
He added the US would outlast Iran.
Mr Hegseth confirmed that the US military sank an Iranian warship
The US sinking was first reported by Reuters.
“An American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters. Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo. Quiet death,” Mr Hegseth said. REUTERS
People standing next to an Iranian missile that fell in the Syrian countryside on March 4.
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