Military leaders warn Hegseth against extending Iran war operations: Report
Senior commanders warned that keeping 50,000 troops on alert and extending deployments would weaken missions elsewhere, according to a classified Pentagon assessment.
- Senior U.S. military commanders formally warned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that extending full-scale operations against Iran is "unsustainable" and dangerously strains global readiness.
- Four-Star heads of European Command, Pacific Command, Southern Command, and the Navy formally registered a "non-concur" against directives extending Middle East troop deployments into 2027.
- Military leaders cautioned that diverting ships, surveillance aircraft, and air defense units to CENTCOM has crippled training and severely limited response capabilities for homeland defense and other world regions.
- The U.S. Navy has faced extreme strain under wartime demands, with reports indicating only about a quarter of the destroyer fleet currently remains ready for operational deployment.
- Internal assessments highlighted critical munitions shortages—including THAAD interceptors and Tomahawk missiles—and confirmed that over 50,000 U.S. troops remain deployed as the six-month campaign continues.
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U.S. Military Leaders Warn Prolonged Iran War Could Weaken Global Readiness
نُشر هذا المقال أولاً عبر Cedarnews.net. لمتابعة المزيد من الأخبار والتقارير الحصرية، زورونا على موقعنا. Senior U.S. military leaders have warned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that extending large-scale operations against Iran could weaken America’s ability to respond to threats elsewhere, according to a newly revealed classified Pentagon assessment. The warning reportedly came from the heads of the Army, Navy and Air Force, along with senior c…
Several American military leaders reportedly alerted Pete Hegseth about the conflict between the United States and Iran. ...
(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Sung-min = As the war with Iran passes six months, regarding the U.S. leadership's continued maintenance of troops in the Middle East, Pentagonist Pete Hegseth...
US President Trump constantly threatens Iran with new attacks. Accordingly, tens of thousands of soldiers remain on alert. The US military is weakened for this in other regions of the world - this apparently encounters resistance in the leadership.
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