Pentagon chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Kain says the United States is preparing to push its strikes deeper into Iranian territory. Speaking at a briefing, he explained that Washington now intends to extend its operations further inside Iran in order to create additional room for maneuver for US forces.

Kain added that the joint US-Israeli campaign against Iran remains complex and, for now, far from over. In his view, the balance of power is gradually shifting. He stressed that the US military still has enough precision-guided munitions to carry out its current objectives, both offensive and defensive, in its confrontation with Teheran.

The general reported that, compared with the first day of fighting, the number of Iranian ballistic missile launches has dropped by 86 percent, while the use of kamikaze drones has fallen by 73 percent. He also stated that US forces have destroyed more than 20 Iranian naval vessels, including one submarine.

The article recalls that just a day earlier The Wall Street Journal warned of a looming threat of depletion of US stocks of precision munitions and interceptor missiles due to the intensity of strikes on Iran. According to that reporting, the Pentagon is burning through THAAD, Patriot and Standard Missile interceptors faster than American defense companies are able to replace them.