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The Economic Times
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Iran 'blew the hell out of Bahrain': US Navy secretary on strikes, aircraft damage

In a sign of the destruction caused by Iranian strikes against U.S. military ​targets, acting U.S. Navy Secretary Hung Cao told the Epoch Times publication that Iran "blew the hell out of Bahrain,” according to a report. He was referring to the United States Navy's Fifth Fleet headquarters based at Naval Support Activity Bahrain, which Tehran has struck.

Iranian strikes damaged multiple American military aircraft this week ​on the Muwaffaq Salti Air ​Base in Jordan, a U.S. official told Reuters.

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