Chief of the US Central Command, Adm. Brad Cooper, says the American military remains “zeroed in on dismantling Iran’s decades-old threat to the free flow of commerce throughout the Strait of Hormuz.”
“For example, earlier this week, we dropped multiple 5,000-pound bombs on an underground facility located along Iran’s coastline. The Iranian regime used the hardened underground facility to discreetly store anti-ship cruise missiles, mobile missile launchers, and other equipment that presented a dangerous risk to international shipping,” he says in a video update.
“We not only took out the facility but also destroyed intelligence support sites and missile radar relays that were used to monitor ship movements,” Cooper says.
“Iran’s ability to threaten freedom of navigation in and around the Strait of Hormuz is degraded as a result, and we will not stop pursuing these targets,” he adds.
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