The United States has hit two-thirds of Iran’s production facilities for missiles and drones, and a similar proportion of its naval production, a top officer says according to AFP.

In a video posted on X, Admiral Brad Cooper, head of Central Command, also estimated that 92 per cent of the Iranian navy’s largest vessels had been damaged or destroyed.

“And my operational assessment is that they’ve now lost the ability to meaningfully project naval power and influence around the region and around the world,” he said.

“We have damaged or destroyed over two-thirds of Iran’s missile drone and naval production facilities and shipyards, and we’re not done yet,” he said, adding that US forces had now struck over 10,000 military targets.

Cooper said that Iran’s drone and missile launch rates were down by 90pc, and “we’ve also removed the regime’s ability to rebuild them”.