As coordinated U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran continue under Operation Epic Fury, defense officials say a short campaign is manageable but a prolonged confrontation would be far more complex.
The start of the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran was met with retaliation. As in 2025, Iranian forces made extensive use of available missile systems and long-range loitering munitions.
War Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday described the recent U.S. strikes on Iran as the “most lethal, most complex, and most-precision aerial operation in history.”
The Tomahawk Land Attack Missile, or TLAM, is a long-range, all-weather, jet-powered, subsonic cruise missile primarily used by the United States Navy and the Royal Navy in sea-based land-attack missions.
President Trump said Saturday that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead following joint U.S. and Israeli military strikes on Iran.
The United States has launched Operation Epic Fury, an ongoing strike campaign against Iranian leadership and military targets announced early Saturday by President Donald Trump.
The Israel Defense Forces announced the launch of Operation “Roaring Lion” in close coordination with the United States, describing it as a response to what officials called a direct and imminent threat from Iran.
Donald Trump announced that the United States military has begun what he described as “major combat operations” in Iran, following the start of U.S. and Israeli strikes on February 28, 2026.
Iranian ballistic missiles targeted Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates, according to preliminary regional reports, with air defenses intercepting incoming threats near Abu Dhabi.
“A short time ago, the United States military began major combat operations in Iran,” Trump said in a video posted to Truth Social at 2:30 a.m. “Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime, a vicious group of very hard, terrible people.” Trump urged members of Iran’s military
The U.S. Air Force has deployed F-22 Raptor air superiority fighters and aerial refueling tankers to Israel as the Trump administration weighs potential air operations against Iran.
Ericsson Federal Technologies Group has been awarded a prime contract position on the Missile Defense Agency’s Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense, or SHIELD, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.
