insights INSIGHT U.S. Military Claims Rapid Degradation Of Iranian Forces ios_share
U.S. military believes it has largely degraded Iran's military and leadership within three weeks.
Pentagon counts include 7,800 strikes, 120+ Iranian naval vessels hit, and senior Iranian security and intelligence leaders killed.
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insights INSIGHT Iran Maintains Asymmetric Campaign Despite Leadership Losses ios_share
The regime remains resilient and continues asymmetric attacks despite leadership losses.
Iran used underwater vehicles, cluster munitions, and other methods to strike ships and cause casualties in Israel and neighbors.
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insights INSIGHT Strait Of Hormuz Became Iran's Economic Leverage ios_share
Iran shifted to economic warfare targeting the Strait of Hormuz, bottling up international commerce.
A handful of mines and attacks reduced shipping to a trickle, creating global economic shockwaves.
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Get the app Nearly three weeks into the war in Iran, the United States and Israel have largely decimated the regime’s missile capacity, taken out key leaders and disrupted its central command.
Yet, the regime in Iran has become more hardened and is wreaking more havoc than ever.
Eric Schmitt, a national security correspondent for The New York Times, discusses the state of the war and President Trump’s options for getting out of the conflict.
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