US CENTCOM vows to destroy Iranian naval fleet

2026-03-04 - 03:56

Commander of the US Central Command (CENTCOM) Admiral Brad Cooper said there was no single Iranian vessel navigating in the Arabian Gulf, the Straits of Hormuz or the Gulf of Oman. The US forces have destroyed 2,000 targets in Iran over the past three days as part of the Operation Epic Fury, and will continue neutralizing the Iranians’ military capabilities, Adm. Cooper said in a view posted on CENTCOM page on X platform on Tuesday night. Terming the operation as unprecedented in the last half century, he vowed that the US army will destroy Iran’s naval fleet completely. Since the start of the operation on Saturday, the US army has destroyed 17 vessels of the Iranian navy, neutralized the air defenses in the depths of Iran, he revealed. Hundreds of missile launch pads and drone launchers have been destroyed by US fighter jets of various types, including B1 and B2 bombers, Adm. Cooper went on. In retaliation, the Iranian army fired more than 500 ballistic missiles and launched 2,000 drone attacks, he said, vowing to defeat the Iranians completely. — KUNA