It is, and we know this incredibly frustrating right now to be a lower level Iranian commander trying to fight your fight. As the Secretary said, the Iranian Navy now lies mostly at the bottom of the Arabian Gulf. And We assess that we've sunk more than 90% of [Iran's] regular fleet, including all of the major surface combatants. As The Secretary said, 150 ships are at the bottom of the ocean and half of the IRGC Navy's small attack boats, joint fires protected from the land, sea and air, executed more than 700 strikes against Naval mine targets. (23:43–23:50)
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Asserts that the U.S. has sunk over 90% of Iran's regular naval fleet.
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