Hegseth calls Iran strikes ‘most lethal’ aerial operation in history

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth late on Saturday broke his silence about the U.S. strikes on Iran, which he described as the “most lethal, most complex, and most-precision aerial operation in history.”

“The Iranian regime had their chance, yet refused to make a deal — and now they are suffering the consequences,” Hegseth said in a post on the social platform X. “For almost fifty years, Iran has targeted and killed Americans, always seeking the world’s most powerful weapons to further their radical cause. Last night, unlike any previous president, President Trump began dealing with this cancer.”

He added that any Iranian missiles targeting American people in the aftermath of the mission, officially dubbed “Operation Epic Fury,” will not be tolerated. He also promised that the Iranian navy “will be........

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