March 13 (UPI) -- Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth downplayed the shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz during a press briefing Friday and claimed 15,000 Iranian targets have been struck.
Hegseth said the U.S. and Israeli air forces are flying over Iran and Tehran Friday, the 13th day of the operation. He claimed that Iran's air defenses, navy and munitions supply have been defeated.
Iran's missile volume was down by 90% and its one-way attack drones were down by 95% on Thursday, Hegseth said.
"Today as we speak we fly over the top of Iran and Tehran," Hegseth said. "Fighters and bombers, all day picking targets as they choose."
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