New Delhi, March 4 -- US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered some of his strongest remarks yet as the conflict with Iran entered its fifth day, declaring the campaign was designed to overwhelm Tehran's military capabilities.

Hegseth predicted that within a week, US and Israeli forces would achieve air dominance over Iran.

"In under a week, we will have complete control of Iranian skies, uncontested airspace," Hegseth said at a briefing at the Pentagon.

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He elaborated on what that would mean operationally: "It means we will fly all day, all night, day and night, finding, fixing and finishing the missiles and defense industrial base of the Iranian military."

"Iran will be able to do nothing abo...