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US military defends Iran strikes
The Statesman Kolkata
|May 16, 2026
The Trump administration's Iran campaign came under intense scrutiny at a Senate hearing, with US military commanders claiming Tehran's military capabilities had been severely degraded even as lawmakers warned of rising economic and regional risks.
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Appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Admiral Charles Cooper II defended Operation Epic Fury and said US forces had successfully crippled Iran’s ability to project military power across West Asia.
“In less than 40 days, Centcom forces achieved our military objectives,” Cooper told lawmakers. “We degraded Iran’s ability to project power outside its borders and threaten the region and threaten our interests.”
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