The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) announced today that its military campaign, named Operation Furious Fury, aims to dismantle Iran's security apparatus, prioritizing sites that pose an imminent threat. The ongoing campaign involves the largest concentration of U.S. military power in the region in a generation, according to the Command. General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., former head of U.S. Central Command, told U.S. media today that the next 72 to 96 hours will be crucial in determining whether Iran can withstand an intense retaliatory missile barrage against U.S. bases and their partners in the Middle East region. The targets include the command of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), control facilities, air defense capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and military runways. The Command reported no combat casualties or injuries among U.S. forces, adding that U.S. forces "successfully defended against hundreds of Iranian missile and drone attacks" and that "damage to U.S. facilities was minimal and has not affected operations." For the first time in history, the U.S. military is using single-use attack drones in the current operation, the Command noted, stating that these low-cost drones are inspired by Iran's Shahed drones. The U.S. attacks include precision munitions launched from air, land, and sea, the Command added. "U.S. and coalition partner forces began attacking targets at 1:15 a.m. ET," the Command said in a post on the X platform.
