Secretary Hegseth: Two days ago, under the direction and direct orders of President Donald J. Trump, the Department of War launched Operation Epic Fury. The most lethal, most complex, and most precise areal operation in history. For forty-seven long years, the expansionist and Islamist regime in Tehran, has waged a savage, one-sided war against America. They didn't always declare it openly; except for their constant chants of 'death to America', they did it through the blood of our people. Car bombs in Beirut, rocket attacks on our ships, murders at our embassies, roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan. Funded and armed by Iranian Quds Force and IRGC killers.

Secretary Hegseth: Iran's stubborn and self-evident nuclear pursuits, their targeting of global shipping lanes, and their swelling arsenal of ballistic missiles and killer drones, were no longer, are no longer, tolerable risks. Iran was building powerful missiles and drones to create a conventional shield for their nuclear blackmail ambitions.

Secretary Hegseth: The mission of Operation Epic Fury is laser-focused. Destroy Iranian offensive missiles, destroy Iranian missile production, destroy their navy and other security infrastructure, and they will never have nuclear weapons.

Secretary Hegseth: America, regardless of what so-called 'international institutions' say, is unleashing the most lethal and precise air power campaign in history. B-2s, fighters, drones, missiles, and of course, classified effects. All on our terms, with maximum authorities. No stupid rules of engagement, no nation-building quagmire, no democracy-building exercise, no politically-correct wars. We fight to win, and we don't waste time or lives.

Chairman Caine: This was a massive, overwhelming attack, across all domains of warfare, striking more than a thousand targets in the first twenty-four hours.

Chairman Caine: Over the course of the last two days, the Joint Force has launched hundreds of missions from land and sea, and delivered tens of thousand of pieces of ordinance. The effort continues to scale. This included American B-2 bombers, which, again, similar to Midnight Hammer, flew a thirty-seven hour round trip sortie from the continental United States, dropping precision, penetrating munitions, on Iranian underground facilities across the southern flank, and slightly deeper…beyond Air Force and Navy, aircraft strike packages, coordinated salvos of precision stand-off weapons from across the region, have neutralized hundreds of pre-planned targets.

Chairman Caine: To the American people. Your Joint Force remains steady, frosty, calm, and focused. Your servicemembers are trained, disciplined, and determined.

Israel appears to be attacking Hezbollah; large explosions in Beirut happening right now.