They wanted to take out their air force and their navy. We have. We've sunk over 140 ships in their navy. It is already the largest naval defeat since World War II. And, of course, The Ayatollah and almost all of the senior military leadership have been taken out as well. So as a military operation, each of those objectives have been achieved at, frankly, a staggering level. It took Iran about 40 years to build that military. (02:56–03:02)
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Asserts that the Ayatollah and senior military leaders of Iran have been eliminated.
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