Washington DC, March 31 -- US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine said on Tuesday that Washington continues to systematically degrade and destroy Tehran's ability to project power and threaten stability beyond its borders. With the conflict in West Asia in its second month now, he said that the US has struck over 11,000 targets in Iran.

Gen Caine made the remarks during a press briefing at the Pentagon on Tuesday, while joined by US Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth.

Sharing operational updates of Epic Fury, he said that the joint force continues to destroy Iran's ballistic missile and UAS capabilities.

Noting that the US continues to strike key Iranian manufacturing nodes, component storage sites, and research facilities, he said, "...