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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
WASHINGTON, March 6 (Xinhua) — U.S. forces destroyed an Iranian aircraft carrier on Thursday, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said.
"Today, an Iranian drone carrier, roughly the size of a World War II-era aircraft carrier, was hit and is currently on fire," the command said in a statement on the X social media platform.
"American forces are not retreating from their mission to destroy the entire Iranian navy," the statement said.
Earlier Thursday, CENTCOM chief Admiral Brad Cooper said at a press conference with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the command's headquarters in Tampa, Florida, that the U.S. military has sunk or destroyed more than 30 Iranian warships since the start of the U.S.-Israeli military operation against Iran on Saturday.
Over the past 24 hours, the number of Iranian ballistic missile strikes has decreased by 90 percent, drone strikes by 83 percent, and US strikes on the Iranian fleet have “intensified,” said B. Cooper.
According to him, over the past 72 hours, American forces have struck nearly 200 targets deep inside Iran, including in the vicinity of Tehran. American B-2 bombers dropped dozens of 2,000-pound penetrating bombs on underground ballistic missile launchers.
The US military also struck Iran's "space command equivalent," the CENTCOM chief added.
P. Hegseth said that the war with Iran will escalate in the coming days.
"The firepower over Iran and Tehran is about to increase dramatically," said P. Hegseth. "When we say increase, that means more fighter squadrons, more capabilities, more defensive capabilities, and more frequent bombing."
The US-Israeli operation against Iran, which began on February 28, triggered an exchange of strikes in the region. This has led to a rising death toll and serious political and security consequences, the impact of which extends throughout the region.
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