Since 1991, Navy subs have launched scores of cruise missiles in combat, but the torpedo attack off Sri Lanka is a return to form after 80 years.
U.S. and Israeli military officials are talking as often as 4,000 to 5,000 times a day, divvying up targets across Iran.
U.S. and Israeli military officials are talking as often as 4,000 to 5,000 times a day, divvying up targets across Iran.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said responsibility for a strike on an Iranian girls’ school was under investigation.
“We’ll see what happens with the people,” President Trump said as he appeared to be distancing himself from the longer-term consequences of the war in Iran.
Much of Tehran’s arsenal of missiles may be hidden underground, making it harder to destroy.
President Trump also declined to rule out sending ground troops into Iran as the conflict spread into the Gulf countries and Lebanon and Israel exchanged strikes.
The number of U.S. service members killed in the first three days of the war grew as officials said the remains of two more troops had been recovered.
President Trump’s embrace of military action in Iran was spurred by an Israeli leader determined to end diplomatic negotiations. Few of the president’s advisers voiced opposition.
In a brief interview, he said the country’s hardened military should simply surrender their weapons to the Iranian public.