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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
WASHINGTON, March 31 (Xinhua) — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday that the coming days in the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran will be "decisive," while acknowledging that Tehran retains the ability to retaliate after weeks of heavy U.S.-Israeli attacks.
“Iran knows this, and there’s very little they can do about it militarily,” the US secretary said at the first Pentagon briefing on the war with Iran in nearly two weeks, repeating the words about the catastrophic damage to the Iranian regime.
"They'll launch a few missiles, we'll shoot them down," promised P. Hegseth. Last weekend, the Pentagon chief made an unannounced visit to US military personnel and bases in the Middle East.
Asked whether US President Donald Trump would send ground troops to Iran, the head of the defense department said: “We are not going to give up any options.”
P. Hegseth added that the Pentagon is trying to be “unpredictable” regarding the presence of American troops on Iranian soil.
US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Kaine said in a briefing that US airstrikes are now focused on "interrupting and destroying the logistics and supply chains that feed" Iran's missile, drone and warship production facilities.
D. Kane said that the US military has begun carrying out missions using B-52 bombers over Iranian land territory for the first time, which indicates a serious weakening of Iran's air defenses. -0-
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