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Ted Cruz: “We've seen the Navy, more than 140 ships sunk, the biggest…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 01:25

We have seen the ballistic missiles destroyed. We've seen the ballistic missile manufacturing destroyed. The same with drones, both drones and manufacturing destroyed. We've seen the Air Force almost entirely taken out. We've seen the Navy, more than 140 ships sunk, the biggest naval defeat since World War II. We have also seen the ayatollah and virtually all of the senior military leadership taken out. So in terms of a concentrated military operation, it's been incredibly successful. (01:25–01:32)

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Asserts that over 140 Iranian ships have been sunk, marking the largest naval defeat since World War II.

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