The US military destroyed 150 Iranian ships and 80% of missile production facilities during its operation against Tehran, US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine said at a press conference.
"As the Secretary (Pete Hegseth - TASS) said, the Iranian Navy now lies mostly at the bottom of the Arabian Gulf, and we assess that we've sunk more than 90% of their regular fleet, including all of the major surface combatants; <...> 150 ships are at the bottom of the ocean," he pointed out.
According to him, the US also "destroyed more than 95%" of Iran’s naval mines.
"And perhaps most importantly, we've destroyed Iran's defense industrial base, their ability to reconstitute those capabilities for years to come. We attacked, along with our partners, approximately 90% of their weapons factories," Caine noted, adding that all factories producing Shahed drones had been struck.
"Their missile defense industrial base is shattered with more than 80% of their missile facilities gone as well as their solid rocket motor production capability," he concluded.
