The US military is fully prepared to launch a large-scale military operation against Iran if necessary, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said in a post on X, APA reports.
The post reads:
"Fact.
The Department of War was ready to go — and remains ready — at levels not seen since World War 2.
Locked and loaded."
The statement comes amid US President Donald Trump's recent remarks on Iran and renewed tensions between Washington and Tehran.