United States: CENTCOM Commander Says Iranian Navy Destroyed, Revolutionary Guards Not Seen in Hormuz Admiral Brad Cooper, Commander of US Central Command, said after visiting the Strait of Hormuz that during a flight over the waterway he observed dozens of commercial ships, oil tankers and liquefied natural gas carriers. According to him, the Iranian navy was destroyed in military operations earlier this year, and said that American forces have cleared the main shipping lanes of Iranian naval mines and are now securing commercial traffic with naval equipment, advanced UAVs and defense systems.

United States: CENTCOM Commander Says Iranian Navy Destroyed, Revolutionary Guards Not Seen in Hormuz Admiral Brad Cooper, Commander of US Central Command, said after visiting the Strait of Hormuz that during a flight over the waterway he observed dozens of commercial ships, oil tankers and liquefied natural gas carriers. According to him, the Iranian navy was destroyed in military operations earlier this year, and said that American forces have cleared the main shipping lanes of Iranian naval mines and are now securing commercial traffic with naval equipment, advanced UAVs and defense systems.