‘Stunning Admission’: Fox’s Griffin Highlights Unprecedented Comments From US Military Leader On Damage Caused By Iran
Cao’s remarks offer a rare high-level acknowledgment that the attack left the Fifth Fleet headquarters badly damaged and may have disabled some structures.
- On Thursday, Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao admitted Iranian forces "blew the hell out of" the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet base in Bahrain, marking a rare senior official acknowledgment of extensive damage to the installation.
- This admission contradicts the administration's narrative of total destruction regarding Iran's attack capabilities, though past reporting confirmed the base was "repeatedly targeted" during the conflict's early days.
- Cao told The Epoch Times that the Iranian strike left American forces unable to "pull in" the USS Abraham Lincoln, which remained at sea for months due to the damage.
- Analysts note a recurring pattern where the government initially denies strategic damage, only admitting it weeks or months later, while Pentagon officials previously declined to discuss the cost with Congress.
- Debate continues regarding whether the U.S. should repair or abandon Middle East installations, and Cao confirmed a task force is currently evaluating the future of the damaged site.
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Navy Evaluating Future at Key Middle East Base Following Iran War Damage: Acting Secretary
Smoke rises after reported Iranian missile attacks, following strikes by the United States and Israel against Iran, in Manama, Bahrain, on Feb. 28, 2026. (Reuters/Stringer)
Acting US Navy Secretary Hung Cao confirmed that Iranian attacks caused extensive damage to a base in Bahrain, affecting operations of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.
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anews.com.trHung Cao says damage to Naval Support Activity Bahrain left long-deployed aircraft carrier with ‘no place’ to dock
EADaily, September 10, 2026, the Pentagon admitted that Iran had managed to cause serious damage to the facilities of the 5th Navy in Bahrain, as reported in X, a correspondent of the Washington Times newspaper The Epoch Times, Ryan Morgan, and the U.S. Navy Minister Hang Kao told him in an interview that Iran had "fell the hell out of Bahrain" with Iran.
Acting Navy secretary casually drops ‘stunning admission’ on US bases amid war: report
U.S. Navy Acting Secretary Hung Cao was said to have made a “stunning admission” regarding the deeply unpopular U.S. war against Iran in an interview that was previewed Thursday.Journalist Ryan Morgan of the conservative outlet The Epoch Times revealed Thursday that he had interviewed Cao, and previewed some of Cao’s remarks in a social media post on X.“In an exclusive interview, Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao told me that Iranian forces ‘blew t…
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