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Ted Cruz: “Iran launched 350 ballistic missiles [on the first day of…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game

Published | Video Starts at 00:26

Well, we're in week two of the war with Iran, and I will say the successes continue to build up. If you look at the first day of this conflict, Iran launched 350 ballistic missiles [on the first day of the conflict]. By day eight, that had dropped to 15. Yeah. The second day of this conflict, Iran launched 541 drone attacks. By day eight, that had Dropped to 12. What we have done in less than two weeks now, we have taken out Iran's air defenses. (00:26–00:37)

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Asserts that Iran's ballistic missile launches decreased from 350 to 15 in eight days.

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