Iran and the Gulf
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CENTCOM Commander Adm. Bradley Cooper judged that 80% of high-priority targets had been eliminated and remaining targets were harder to hit. Other advisers, including Gen. Dan Caine, feared that Iranian retaliation had depleted Patriot interceptors and other regional defenses after a missile killed three U.S. soldiers in Jordan.
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U.S. commanders cite target attrition and air-defense pressure
CENTCOM Commander Adm. Bradley Cooper judged that 80% of high-priority targets had been eliminated and remaining targets were harder to hit. Other advisers, including Gen. Dan Caine, feared that Iranian retaliation had depleted Patriot interceptors and other regional defenses after a missile killed three U.S. soldiers in Jordan.
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U.S. commanders cite target attrition and air-defense pressure
They worry that Iran's retaliatory fire has depleted the U.S.'s regional inventory of Patriot interceptors and other air defenses, leaving U.S. military sites and other targets in Gulf countries vulnerable to incoming strikes.
CENTCOM Commander Adm. Bradley Cooper judged that 80% of high-priority targets had been eliminated and remaining targets were harder to hit. Other advisers, including Gen. Dan Caine, feared that Iranian retaliation had depleted Patriot interceptors and other regional defenses after a missile killed three U.S. soldiers in Jordan.
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