Washington DC, March 13 -- United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Friday claimed that US and Israeli forces have struck over 15,000 enemy targets in Iran, while claiming that Tehran's military capabilities have been significantly degraded as the conflict enters its fourteenth day.

Speaking alongside the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, during a Pentagon briefing, the War Secretary also expressed his concern over the crash of a KC-135 refuelling aircraft in western Iraq that killed four American service members.

"Between our Air Force and that of the Israelis, over 15,000 enemy targets have been struck. That's well over 1,000 a day. We're on a plan to defeat, destroy, and disable all of their meaningful m...