Chris Wright: “Their navy's been destroyed, their air force has been…”

“I think the President came out early on saying he expected the need for four to six weeks to completely defang Iran's military capabilities. We started focused on the projection of distant power. So Their navy's been destroyed, their air force has been destroyed, their long range missiles have been destroyed. Their ability to construct and build long term missiles has been destroyed. And the effort continues now on more of their short term threats, short range missiles, drones.” (02:06–02:14)

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