Launched on February 28, 2026, as a joint campaign with Israeli forces, Operation Epic Fury was designed to dismantle Iran’s security apparatus, ballistic missile production facilities, naval fleet, and nuclear infrastructure. US President Donmald Trump had been claiming that the American military would crush the Iranian war machine within no time.
Now, the first comprehensive quarterly report by the Lead Inspector General delivered to the US Congress reveals the staggering scale, financial cost, and operational strain of the four-month military conflict. Even after pounding Iran for several months and using almost the entire range of conventional weapons at its disposal, the US armed forces are nowhere closer to achieving a victory.
