Military leaders warn Hegseth against extending Iran war operations: Report
Senior commanders warned that keeping 50,000 troops on alert and extending deployments would weaken missions elsewhere, according to a classified Pentagon assessment.
- Senior U.S. military commanders formally warned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that extending full-scale operations against Iran is "unsustainable" and dangerously strains global readiness.
- Four-Star heads of European Command, Pacific Command, Southern Command, and the Navy formally registered a "non-concur" against directives extending Middle East troop deployments into 2027.
- Military leaders cautioned that diverting ships, surveillance aircraft, and air defense units to CENTCOM has crippled training and severely limited response capabilities for homeland defense and other world regions.
- The U.S. Navy has faced extreme strain under wartime demands, with reports indicating only about a quarter of the destroyer fleet currently remains ready for operational deployment.
- Internal assessments highlighted critical munitions shortages—including THAAD interceptors and Tomahawk missiles—and confirmed that over 50,000 U.S. troops remain deployed as the six-month campaign continues.
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The U.S. Department of Defense has denied a media report that high-ranking U.S. military forces have warned against an extension of the war against Iran.
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Jack Buckby reports that America's most senior commanders lodged formal objections to extending the Iran war, warning Pete Hegseth that only about a quarter of the Navy's destroyers are deployable, that assets are being stripped from theaters facing China and Russia, and that some units may stay deployed into the year after next.
U.S. Military Leaders Warn Prolonged Iran War Could Weaken Global Readiness
نُشر هذا المقال أولاً عبر Cedarnews.net. لمتابعة المزيد من الأخبار والتقارير الحصرية، زورونا على موقعنا. Senior U.S. military leaders have warned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that extending large-scale operations against Iran could weaken America’s ability to respond to threats elsewhere, according to a newly revealed classified Pentagon assessment. The warning reportedly came from the heads of the Army, Navy and Air Force, along with senior c…
Several American military leaders reportedly alerted Pete Hegseth about the conflict between the United States and Iran. ...
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