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Iran still has ‘tactical capability’ to threaten US, military official says
People film projectiles over Doha in Qatar on June 23, 2025, amid an Iranian attack on the largest US military base in the region. (AFP)
A top US military official says Iran still possesses “significant tactical capability” despite an American strike over the weekend on three of the country’s nuclear sites.
Vice Admiral Brad Cooper tells lawmakers that that capability was demonstrated by Iran’s limited retaliatory missile strike on a US military base in Qatar.
In response to a question about whether Iran still poses a threat to US troops and Americans around the world, he replies, “They do.”
Cooper is currently the deputy commander of the US Central Command. He made the remarks at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing as the panel considers his nomination for the position of commander of Central Command.
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