Unlimited Firepower’: US Defence Secy. says they got Endless Supply of 2,000-Pound Bombs to crush Iran

2026-03-04 - 16:43

TEHRAN – Middle East is on fire after explosive military escalation and amid hundreds of death, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Washington preemptively moved 90% of American troops out of Iranian strike range, yet retaliatory blows have still killed at least six American service members. The violence spiraled rapidly, with officials reporting over 870 dead in just five days of fighting since US and Israeli forces started bombarding Iran. The majority of casualties are inside Iran, but bloodshed has also spread across the region, deadly strikes have hit Bahrain, Kuwait, the UAE, and Lebanon,. US Defence Secretary Hegseth doubled down on the U.S. military’s overwhelming force, declaring that long-range “standoff” weapons are no longer necessary to cripple Iranian air defenses. Instead, cheaper GPS- and laser-guided bombs will be used to rain precision destruction on targets. He said additional bombers deployed and no shortage of munitions, claiming US forces got almost limitless stockpile of 500-, 1,000-, and 2,000-pound bombs. Pentagon officials painted a picture of dominance, asserting that US and Israeli forces are on the verge of air superiority and have already shattered significant portions of Iran’s ballistic missile network and navy. Iranian leaders, Hegseth boasted, are forced to “look up at the skies every minute” under relentless aerial pressure. He confirmed that U.S. submarine launched a torpedo that sank an Iranian warship in international waters, marking the first submarine torpedo strike in combat since World War II. The move signals a dramatic expansion of U.S. military involvement and raises fears of a wider regional conflagration. Iranian state media claims the death toll from the conflict surged past 1,000. The ballistic missile fired from Iran was intercepted by NATO defenses over the eastern Mediterranean, though its intended target remains unknown. Political backlash is growing at home, with Democratic lawmakers warning that the U.S. could be sliding toward a ground invasion and an endless war with no clear end. Death toll in US-Israel strikes reach 780 as Iran claims over 500 US soldiers killed or wounded in retaliation