During a media briefing, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a message to Iran’s military leadership, saying, “We are watching you. Our capabilities are not the same … this is not a fair fight.”

While you are digging out your launchers, we are only getting stronger, he said.

“You can move things around but you can’t actually rebuild. But we can, we are reloading with more power than ever before … we are locked and loaded,” he said.