WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Saturday night that military strikes on Iran are still underway.
"CENTCOM is now delivering swift and decisive action as directed," the command said in a post on X.
In another post issued on Saturday afternoon, the command said so far there have been no reported U.S. casualties and no U.S. Navy ship has been struck.
"Damage to U.S. installations was minimal and has not impacted operations," it added.
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Saturday night arguably described the campaign, named Operation Epic Fury, as "the most lethal, most complex, and most-precision aerial operation in history."
Iran's "missiles will be destroyed, along with Iran's missile production. The Iranian navy will be destroyed. And, as President Trump has said his entire life, Iran will never have a nuclear weapon," Hegseth said in the statement.
General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., a former head of the U.S. Central Command, told U.S. media outlets on Saturday that the next 72 to 96 hours will be crucial in determining whether Iran can sustain a heavy barrage of retaliatory missile strikes against U.S. bases and partners in the Middle East. ■
