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Iran no longer capable of building new ballistic missiles, Hegseth claims
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Iran has lost the capability to rebuild its destroyed military assets, says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
“Very soon,” he says, “all of Iran’s defense companies will be destroyed,” indicating a focus of US-Israeli operations in the coming days.
Every company that builds components of Iran’s ballistic missiles “has been defeated, has been destroyed,” he says.
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