U.S. Central Command for the first time on Monday shared before-and-after photos of multiple Iranian sites U.S. forces struck to dismantle the regime’s defense industrial base.
Adm. Brad Cooper, the commander of the U.S. Central Command, said in a video update on Operation Epic Fury that the photos show “what’s left of” sites that Iran used to manufacture military weapons.
Cooper showed photos of a naval drone storage facility located near the Strait of Hormuz on March 1, an attack drone production factory in Tehran on March 5 and the Yazd Military Depot last month.
After showing each photo, he then showed a photo of each location decimated following U.S. strikes.
Cooper said the eight buildings destroyed at the Yazd Military Depot were part of the IRGC’s missile command infrastructure and were used to produce light and heavy weight torpedoes.
“U.S. and partner strikes are doing exactly what they are intended to do, deliver on very clear military objectives to eliminate Iran’s ability to project power against Americans and against its neighbors,” Cooper said.
Cooper also said the U.S. is “zeroed in on dismantling” Iran’s threat to commerce in the Strait of Hormuz.
“Through a combination of air, land, and maritime capabilities, we have successfully destroyed over 100 Iranian naval vessels, and we aren’t done,” the commander said. “We will continue to rapidly deplete Iran’s ability to threaten freedom of navigation in and around the Strait of Hormuz.”
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