US to destroy Iranian navy, missiles if Americans targeted, war chief warns

The United States will destroy Tehran’s missiles and naval fleet if they target the American people, Pentagon chief Pete Hegset said on X.

“The United States did not start this conflict, but we will finish it. If you kill or threaten Americans anywhere in the world — as Iran has — then we will hunt you down, and we will kill you. Our warriors are the best in the world, and they are fully unleashed to achieve our objectives,” he said.

According to Hegset, the Iranian regime “had a chance” to make a deal but refused, and is now “suffering the consequences.” He added that Trump “began to fight the disease.”

“We will not tolerate powerful missiles targeting the American people. Those missiles will be destroyed, along with Iran’s missile production. The Iranian navy will be destroyed. And, as President Trump has said his entire life, Iran will never have a nuclear weapon,” Hegset emphasised.

He also stated that the U.S. operation, “Epic Fury,” was “the the most lethal, most complex, and most-precision aerial operation in history.”

By Khagan Isayev