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Pete Hegseth: “Iranians conventional navy, they had aircraft carriers with…”

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From the beginning we've been very clear about the military objectives and the underlying strategic objective which is preventing Iran from getting a nuclear Yes. Take for example the fact that Iranians conventional navy, they had aircraft carriers with Shahid drones on them before this started. They had full on destroyers and battleship capabilities, none of which they have anymore. And to did the Iranian navy have aircraft carriers? Iranian Navy had three drone aircraft carriers. The Iranian Navy had 11 launch submarine forms for drones. Sure, they had 11 submarines. (03:00–03:11)

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Asserts that Iran's conventional navy had aircraft carriers with drones, destroyers, and battleship capabilities, which they no longer have.

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