Washington, DC \u2013 In his first detailed military statement since the end of combat operations, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Keane, revealed the final results of the 38-day Operation Epic Fury.<\/p>\n
Keane confirmed that the coalition forces had completely destroyed Iran\u2019s ability to project power beyond its borders. He described the results as a \u201cfundamental shift\u201d in the regional balance of power.<\/p>\n
13,000 targets under fire<\/p>\n
General Keane announced that US forces struck more than 13,000 targets deep inside Iran. These included 4,000 dynamic targets that were engaged immediately upon detection thanks to the flexibility of the command and control system.<\/p>\n
He explained that the airstrikes successfully neutralized 80% of Iran\u2019s air defense system by targeting 1,500 sites. As a result, Iranian airspace became completely open to US fighter jets.<\/p>\n
He also noted that 450 ballistic missile storage facilities and 800 suicide drone sites were rendered inoperable.<\/p>\n
Destroying the fleet and crippling the military industries<\/p>\n
On the naval front, the Chief of Staff asserted that the Iranian navy had \u201cgrounded itself to the bottom of the Persian Gulf.\u201d He claimed that 90% of the regular fleet had been sunk, including 150 major warships and half of the Revolutionary Guard\u2019s fast attack craft. He further stated that 95% of Iran\u2019s naval mine capabilities had been destroyed through 700 precision strikes.<\/p>\n
Regarding the industrial base, Keane described the damage as \u201cirreparable for many years.\u201d He confirmed the destruction of 90% of weapons factories, including all production lines for the Shahed drone and solid-fuel rocket engine facilities. Most importantly, Keane announced that 80% of Iran\u2019s nuclear industrial base had been targeted and destroyed. As a result, he claimed, Tehran\u2019s nuclear ambitions had been completely thwarted.<\/p>\n
Regional alliance and strategic air bridge<\/p>\n
General Keane praised the role of regional allies, thanking the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, and Jordan for their vital role in protecting assets and joint operations.<\/p>\n
He revealed that 10,000 air missions had been conducted, including 62 strategic bomber sorties. Of these, 18 were direct flights from the United States (round trips) with missions lasting more than 30 hours of continuous flight time. US defenses also successfully intercepted 1,700 missiles and drones targeting allies and civilians.<\/p>\n
\u201cA warrior\u2019s rest\u201d and full readiness<\/p>\n
Keane concluded his remarks by mentioning the \u201cepic\u201d rescue of the crew of a fighter jet that crashed last weekend, reaffirming Washington\u2019s commitment to the principle of \u201cleaving no one behind.\u201d<\/p>\n
He delivered a final warning, stating that the current ceasefire is merely a \u201cpause.\u201d He emphasized that U.S. forces are on high alert and ready to resume operations with greater precision should Iran violate the truce. He added, \u201cWe have destroyed their ability to harm America and our interests for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Washington, DC \u2013 In his first detailed military statement since the end of combat operations, Chairman of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[22581,34,7216,22582,16927,69,8398,12698,12699,1705],"class_list":{"0":"post-58279","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tehran","8":"tag-fleet","9":"tag-iran","10":"tag-iranian-navy","11":"tag-launch-mode","12":"tag-military-industries","13":"tag-tehran","14":"tag-us-forces","15":"tag-voice-of-emirates","16":"tag-voice-of-emirates-website-news","17":"tag-washington"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116370640009905973","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}