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Pete Hegseth: “Most of their [Iran's] shots, by the way, missed and were…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Hegseth talks 'hitting Iran hard' at CENTCOM

Published | Video Starts at 09:12

Like, why do you keep going back to trying to hit the same targets? And furthermore, you just mentioned it. You said we were going back to hit the same target. Haven't you been targeting? Most of their [Iran's] shots, by the way, missed and were shot down by us. So their efficacy and their ability to actually strike is incredibly diminished. And thankfully. So our air defenders are incredible and the capabilities we have are incredible. (09:12–09:17)

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Asserts that most of Iran's shots were missed or intercepted by U.S. defenses.

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