US forces struck more than 13,000 targets in Iran, including most of the regime’s weapons factories and every attack drone production facility, as part of the “decisive military victory” achieved during Operation Epic Fury, according to the Pentagon.
War Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine provided the detailed breakdown of the damage inflicted on the Iranian regime’s ability to project power during a briefing Wednesday, a day after President Trump announced a two-week cease-fire in the war that he hopes will lead to a lasting peace.
US forces decimated Iran’s ability to project power, according to Pentagon officials. AFP via Getty ImagesOperation Epic Fury: By the numbers
- Scale of campaign13,000+ targets struck, Including 4,000+ dynamic targets identified and hit in real time10,000+ flight missions, including 62 bomber runs (18 round-trip missions from the US)50,000+ U.S. personnel involved (CENTCOM, EUCOM, stateside)6 million+ meals consumed; 950,000+ gallons of coffee; 2 million energy drinks; “A lot of nicotine”
- Air defense and missile targets“wiped out”80% of Iran’s air defense systems destroyed1,500+ air defense targets struck450+ ballistic missile storage facilities hit800 drone storage sites destroyed1,700 incoming missiles and drones intercepted
- Navy“mostly at the bottom of the Arabian Gulf”90%+ of Iran’s regular navy sunk150 ships destroyed, including “all of the major surface combatants”~50% of IRGC small attack boats eliminated700+ strikes on naval mine targets; 95% of naval mines destroyed
Hegseth took a victory lap Wednesday after President Trump announced the Iran war cease-fire. AP- Command and control and logistical networks “devastated” 2,000+ command and control nodes destroyed
- Industrial base “shattered” 90% of weapons factories struckAll Shaheed “one-way attack drone” factories hitAll drone guidance system facilities hit80%+ of missile production and solid rocket motor facilities destroyed20+ naval production facilities damaged or destroyed~80% of nuclear industrial base hit
Caine detailed some of the 13,000 targets US forces struck in Iran. REUTERS“By any measure, Epic Fury decimated Iran’s military and rendered it combat ineffective for years to come,” Hegseth said. “You see, in less than 40 days, one of our combatant commands, Central Command, CENTCOM, using less than 10 percent of America’s total combat power, dismantled one of the world’s largest militaries.
“The world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism proved utterly incapable of defending itself, its people, or its territory.”
