And it's a real opportunity for us to literally limit the Iranians from being able to produce more oil and literally shut off the lifeblood for the country. It is also an area where We've already taken out their [Iranian] defenses [on the island]. And now you have a system which if we control it, we can basically tell the Iranians, look, you get rid of the problems around the Strait of Hormuz or you're not going to have any oil. (01:58–02:01)
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Asserts that Iranian defenses on the island have been neutralized.
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