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Pete Hegseth: “Their missiles were buried underneath a lot of their…”

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BRUTAL: Jon Ossoff Brings The Receipts To Read Hegseth's Own Claims About Iran War Right Back To Him

Published | Video Starts at 01:35

That was on day 14 of the war. Was that an accurate statement? They didn't have a navy any longer. It was completely sunk. Their missiles were buried underneath a lot of their underground facilities, and their defense industrial base has been almost completely destroyed. So as far as a military assessment of Iran's capabilities, it didn't mean by any stretch of the imagination at absolute zero, but they're keeping. (01:35–01:42)

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Asserts that Iran's missiles are buried in underground facilities and their defense industrial base is almost destroyed.

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