Rapid Destruction of Iran's Military Unparalleled: Hegseth

An update on the Iran war from the Pentagon, Secretary of War Pete Hagsass saying the fast destruction of Iran's military is unparalleled. It's not just that Iran doesn't have a functioning air force, or that their entire navy is at the bottom of the Persian Gulf, or their missile force is shrinking daily. Even more importantly, they also don't have the ability to build more. That's the most important component I'd like to emphasize today. Soon and very soon, all of Iran's defense companies will be destroyed. Today will be, yet again, the highest volume of strikes that America has put over the skies of Iran and Tehran. The number of sorties, the number of bomber pulses, the highest yet, ramping up and only up. The war secretary saying President Trump holds the cards and he'll determine the pace, tempo and the timing of the war. Hagsass also updating some numbers saying Iran's missile volume is down 90 percent and their drones yesterday down 95 percent. The war secretary also remarking on the newly selected Iranian leader. Their production lines, their military plants, their defense innovation centers, defeated. Iran's leadership is in no better shape. Desperate and hiding, they've gone underground, cowering. That's what rats do. We know the new so-called not so supreme leader is wounded and likely disfigured. He put out a statement yesterday, a weak one actually, but there was no voice and there was no video. It was a written statement. He called for unity, apparently killing tens of thousands of protesters is his kind of unity. Iran has plenty of cameras and plenty of voice recorders. Why a written statement? I think you know why. His father dead. He's scared. He's injured. He's on the run and he lacks legitimacy. It's a mess for them. Who's in charge? Iran may not even know. Hagsass says the military capabilities of what he called Iran's evil regime are crumbling. He says Tehran can barely communicate, let alone coordinate. Hagsass says the regime is confused, adding that the U.S. and Israel will keep pressing, pushing and advancing. And the war secretary also criticized the media for their coverage of the war, including of Iran attacking ships in the region. CNN reports that the Trump administration underestimated the Iran war's impact on the Strait of Hormuz. Patently ridiculous, of course. For decades, Iran has threatened shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. This is always what they do, hold the Strait hostage. CNN doesn't think we thought of that. It's a fundamentally unserious report. We have a plan for every option here. We're working with our interagency partners. And that's that's not a strait we're going to allow to remain contested or with a lack of flow of commercial goods. I want to make something clear. The only thing preventing commercial traffic and flow through the straits right now, which there is some through the straits, is is Iran. They are the belligerents here holding holding the straits closed, although there is some traffic moving through there. We've made it a priority to target Iran's minelaying enterprise, their mine layers, the naval bases and depots, in addition to the missiles that could influence the straits. And CENTCOM continues to attack those efforts. Has Iran placed any mines since the war started? Is Iran placing new mines? We've heard them talk about it just like you've reported recklessly and wildly about it. But there's we have no clear evidence. We have no clear evidence of that.