Washington DC, March 19 -- The Pentagon on Thursday stated that the US military has deployed 5,000 pounds of penetrator weapons on underground Iranian storage facilities and struck over 7,000 targets across Iran as part of Operation Epic Fury.

Addressing a press briefing, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, said the strikes targeted underground storage facilities housing coastal defence cruise missiles, naval ammunition depots, mine storage sites, and afloat assets, including more than 120 vessels and 44 minelayers.

"We're flying further to the east now and penetrating deeper into Iranian airspace to hunt and kill one-way attack garrisons, destroying Iran's ability to project power outside of its borders," he s...