Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Friday that Iran’s missile volume is “down 90%” from the beginning of Operation Epic Fury and that its one-way suicide drone attacks have decreased by 95%.

Axar.az reports, citing New York Post, at a Pentagon press conference, Hegseth stated: “Iran has no air defenses. Iran has no air force. Iran has no navy. Their missiles, their missile launchers, and drones are being destroyed or shot out of the sky."

“Buildings, complexes, and factory lines all across Iran, destroyed. So we’re shooting down and destroying what missiles they still have in stock, but more importantly, ensuring that they have no ability to make more. Their production lines, their military plants, their defense innovation centers, defeated.”

Officials identified four initial war aims, including destroying Iran’s nuclear and missile programs, sinking its navy, and ending Tehran’s support for proxies such as Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledged Friday that the Strait of Hormuz remains too vulnerable to Iranian forces for the US Navy to offer escorts to oil tankers.