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The strikes destroyed more than 90 military targets, including missile facilities, but preserved oil infrastructure, U.S. central command said Saturday.
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President Trump said on Friday the U.S. military had "totally obliterated" military targets in Kharg Island, home to the primary terminal that handles Iran's oil exports. This as all six crew members on a refueling plane that went down in western Iraq were confirmed dead.
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President Donald Trump said late Friday that U.S. forces "obliterated" military targets on Kharg Island, a critical hub of Iran's oil Gulf operations, with the country responding by threatening to strike U.S. allies' oil facilities if its infrastructure is damaged."Moments ago, at my direction, the United States Central Command executed one of the most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East, and totally obliterated every MILITARY target in Iran's crown jewel, Kharg Isla
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The strikes on Kharg Island targeted Iranian military forces, not economic infrastructure on the island, a U.S. military official said.
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