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Source: https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/cooper_statement.pdf
"CENTCOM Forces Systematically Dismantled What Iran Spent Four Decades Building"
(U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee) Adm. Brad Cooper - Adm. Brad Cooper, Commander, U.S. Central Command, told Congress on Thursday: "In less than 40 days of major combat operations, USCENTCOM forces systematically dismantled what Iran spent four decades and tens of billions of dollars building....Iran can no longer reliably arm or resupply Lebanese Hizbullah, the Houthis, Hamas, or militia groups in Iraq with advanced weapons." "In coordination with the Israel Defense Forces, America's servicemembers delivered a long-term rollback of Iran's ability to project power in the region and beyond...across more than 10,200 sorties and over 13,500 strikes....Iran's air and air defense forces are functionally and operationally irrelevant. Before Operation Epic Fury (OEF), the Iranian Air Force flew between 30 and 100 sorties each day. Today that number is zero. We destroyed or rendered non-mission-capable Iran's fixed-wing airfields, hangars, fuel storage, and munitions stockpiles, and we knocked out 82% of its air defense missile systems." The "combined Middle East Air Defense (MEAD) network...intercepted over 6,000 one-way attack drones and more than 1,500 ballistic missiles aimed at U.S. forces, Israel, and our Arab partners. Every one of those intercepts was a life saved - ultimately thousands of lives - and together, represents the largest integrated air defense umbrella ever fielded on earth...and is the primary reason Iran's missile and drone salvos produced far less damage than Tehran intended."