The government of U.S. President Donald Trump emphasized on Wednesday that it has sufficient ammunition to complete its campaign against Iran and suggested that the war against the Islamic republic could last up to eight weeks. "You can say four weeks, but it could be six, eight, or three," U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth stated at a press conference at the Pentagon, assuring that it is the U.S. and Israel that are "setting the pace" of the war. Hegseth asserted that "in less than a week, the two most powerful air forces in the world will have total control of Iranian skies and an uncontested airspace." "This was never conceived as a fair fight," added the Secretary of War. Furthermore, he indicated that once Iranian skies are controlled, the U.S. will begin to use "precision-guided GPS and laser gravity bombs of 500, 1,000, and 2,000 pounds, of which we have practically unlimited reserves." Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Caine, stated at the same briefing that Washington has "enough precision munitions for the task at hand, both offensively and defensively," though he noted he would not disclose specific volumes for operational security. The White House spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt, also stressed that the Pentagon is not facing a munitions shortage. "As for munitions and arsenals, the United States has more than enough capability not only to successfully execute the Operation Furious Fury, but to go much further," she stated. Additionally, she added, "We have arsenals in places that many people in this world don't even know about." The spokesperson wanted to insist that, despite contradictory versions justifying the attack, Washington has four primary objectives in bombing Iran: to destroy its arsenal and its capabilities to produce ballistic missiles, to annihilate its navy, to ensure that Tehran's 'intermediary' groups lose weight in the region and stop attacking U.S. interests, and to prevent the Persian country from obtaining the nuclear weapon. Successes in the last hours Although he made it clear that the "mission accomplished" is still far off, Hegseth did want to highlight the successes Washington has achieved in the last few hours, including the successful bombing this Tuesday of the leader of an Iranian unit who, according to the Pentagon, planned to assassinate high-ranking officials, including President Donald Trump himself. "Iran tried to assassinate President Trump, and President Trump laughed last," stated the Secretary of War without adding more details about that specific attack. Hegseth also announced that his country sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean with a torpedo from a submarine, which marks the first time an American submarine has carried out such an attack since World War II. The Navy of Sri Lanka confirmed today that they have recovered several bodies following the sinking, off its coast, of the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena, with about 180 crew members on board. Regarding the decrease in Iran's offensive power, it was Caine who indicated that Tehran's ballistic missile launch capability has fallen by 86% since the first day of combat, with a 23% decrease in just the last 24 hours. "Launches from one-way attack drones have decreased by 73%," he added. According to Caine, the U.S. Central Command has already "moved from large deliberate attack groups with long-range munitions launched from outside the enemy's range, to now conducting precision attacks from within, directly on Iran.".
