The US military has enough assets to maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, adding ships could be rotated in and out of the region as needed, reports Reuters.
Hegseth’s comments suggest he is advising US President Donald Trump that the US military can keep applying economic pressure on Iran for as long as needed to help so-far failed negotiations to end the conflict, begun in February.
“Indefinitely, the United States Navy can maintain a blockade like that because we’ll rotate ships in and out, as we have, and we’ll continue to,” Hegseth told reporters.
