US struck more than 90 targets on Iran's Kharg Island, CENTCOM says

The commander of the United States Central Command said on Monday that US forces carried out a large-scale precision strike on Iran's Kharg Island last week, hitting more than 90 military targets including storage sites for naval mines and missiles.

Admiral Brad Cooper said in a video briefing that US and partner forces had flown more than 6,000 combat flights over the past 16 days and were maintaining air superiority over Iranian skies.

He said the strikes were aimed at eliminating Iran's ballistic missiles, drones and naval threats and dismantling what he described as the country's defense industrial base.

Cooper said US and partner forces had also destroyed more than 100 Iranian naval vessels and were working to reduce Iran's ability to threaten shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz.

He also said Iran had launched more than 300 attacks across the region over the past two weeks, targeting civilian areas.