CENTCOM Chief Tells Senators Iran's Hold on Strait of Hormuz Has Weakened, but Threats Remain
Cooper said U.S. strikes destroyed more than 90% of Iran’s naval mines and damaged over 85% of its missile and drone industrial base.
- Admiral Brad Cooper, head of US Central Command, told a US Senate committee on Thursday that military actions reduced Iran's threat, with the country's defense industry set back 90 per cent.
- Cooper said Iran can no longer transfer arms to allies including Hezbollah in Lebanon, Houthis in Yemen, and Hamas in Gaza, declaring "those transfer paths and methods have been cut off."
- On Thursday, maritime security agency UKMTO reported "unauthorised personnel" seized a ship near Fujairah, while an Indian cargo vessel was sunk off Oman with all 14 crew members rescued.
- Separately, an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander said 30 ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz since Wednesday night, stressing vessels linked to "an enemy state" remain barred.
- Security remains sensitive as Fujairah serves as the UAE's sole oil port outside the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran recently released an expanded map claiming control over that coastal area.
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CENTCOM Chief: 90 Percent of Iran’s Defense Industry Gone. Kent: Attacks on U.S. Had Stopped Before Epic Fury.
CENTCOM chief Brad Cooper inadvertently admitted that Iran’s proxies had stopped attacking U.S. assets before Operation Epic Fury began. ... The post CENTCOM Chief: 90 Percent of Iran’s Defense Industry Gone. Kent: Attacks on U.S. Had Stopped Before Epic Fury. appeared first on The New American.
US destroyed Iran’s navy for a ‘full generation’ and Trump has ‘all the munitions necessary,’ CENTCOM chief says
The US decimated Iran's navy for a "full generation," while retaining "all the munitions necessary" to restart the war if it chooses to, Adm. Brad Cooper, CENTCOM commander, told lawmakers Thursday.
Even after the violent bombings of the Americans, Iran should still have considerable missile and drone stocks. This calls into question the success of the attacks. A U.S. commander calls the numbers mentioned in the media wrong, but keeps himself covered.
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Iran military threat is diminished but not eliminated, CENTCOM chief says
Adm. Brad Cooper said the U.S. had severely degraded Iran’s warfighting capacity, including the elimination of roughly 90% of its inventory of naval mines.
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