Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth has vowed to reclaim control over the Panama Canal. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Washington, Jun 22 (AP) US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth said Sunday that despite a surprise attack overnight on Iranian nuclear sites, America “does not seek war.” Hegseth said it was important to note that US strikes did not target Iranian troops or the Iranian people, a veiled effort to indicate to Iran that they don’t want retaliation on American targets in the region.Hegseth said that a choice to move a number of B-2 bombers from their base in Missouri earlier Saturday was meant to be a decoy to throw off Iranians.
He added that the US used other methods of deception as well, deploying fighters to protect the B-2 bombers that dropped 14 bunker-buster bombs on Iran’s most powerful nuclear site.
He said that all of these tactics helped the US drop the bombs without tipping off Iran’s fighter jets or its air missile systems. (AP) GRS GRS
