The US announced an attack on an Iranian drone carrier on Thursday, describing it as “roughly the size of a World War II aircraft carrier.”
“In the last few hours, we have attacked an Iranian drone carrier, a ship approximately the size of a World War II aircraft carrier, and right now, it is on fire,” Centcom (US Central Command) commander Admiral Brad Cooper said at a press conference in Tampa, Florida.
“You may have heard the President (Donald Trump) say a little while ago that we sank or destroyed 24 ships,” he added.
The most recent attacks also included the dropping of “dozens of 2,000-pound penetrating bombs” by B-2 bombers “against deeply buried ballistic missile launchers,” the commander said.
Furthermore, the military indicated that the US attacked “the Iranian equivalent of Space Command, which reduces its ability to threaten Americans.”
Alongside Cooper was U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who emphasized that U.S. military firepower in Iran is far from exhausted.
“Iran hopes that we cannot sustain this, which is a serious miscalculation on the part of the Revolutionary Guards,” he said.
He added: “The amount of firepower against Iran is about to increase dramatically.”
The U.S. has struck nearly 2,000 targets in Iran, according to the most recent data available from Centcom, which oversees military operations in the Middle East.
In this regard, US President Donald Trump declared on Thursday that Iran is devastated for a period of 10 years before it can rebuild.
Among the arsenal used so far are B-52 bombers, LUCAS kamikaze drones and F-35 stealth fighters, in addition to the aforementioned B-2.
Trump also stated that he wants to participate in the choice of Iran’s new head of state, as happened in Venezuela, and considered the possible appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei, Ali Khamenei’s son, as the new supreme leader “unacceptable”.
