We will hunt you down: Pentagon chief issues stark warning after Iran strikes
India Today
The United States and Israel launched a major joint military operation against Iran, which US President Donald Trump said was designed to weaken Tehran's military capabilities and neutralise its nuclear and missile threats.
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a blunt warning to Iran after overnight US airstrikes, declaring that any threat to Americans would be met with lethal force.
"If you kill or threaten Americans anywhere in the world — as Iran has — then we will hunt you down, and we will kill you," the Pentagon chief wrote on X, following the launch of Operation Epic Fury.
The United States and Israel launched a major joint military operation against Iran, which US President Donald Trump said was designed to weaken Tehran’s military capabilities and neutralise its nuclear and missile threats.
Trump described the offensive, known as Operation Epic Fury, as a historic campaign to eliminate "imminent threats" from Iran and urged the Iranian people to "take over your government" once the strikes conclude, framing it as an opportunity for regime change.
He said the operation, ordered by Trump, marked "the most lethal, most complex, and most-precision aerial operation in history".
"Overnight, on President Trump’s orders, the Department of War commenced OPERATION EPIC FURY," he wrote, describing the mission as a historic escalation.
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