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Il Tempo: Sri Lanka, sottomarino Usa affonda una nave iraniana: 148 morti. Hegseth: "Colpiremo ovunque"Un sottomarino americano ha affondato una nave da guerra iraniana al largo dello Sri Lanka. Sono 148 i marinai morti o dispersi nell'Oceano Indiano. É stata colpita mentre stava navigando a 25 miglia a sud dell'isola. Più di 32 persone sono state salvate dalla marina militare cingalese. Il Segretario alla Difesa degli Stati Uniti, Pete Hegseth, il siluratamento della nave Iris Dena, che è affondata. Sembra che al momento dell'attacco la nave da guerra stesse tornando da un'esercitazione militare nel porto indiano di Viskhapatnam.L'operazione militare statunitense in Iran "sta accelerando", ha affermato Hegseth. "Come ha detto il presidente Trump, stanno arrivando ondate sempre più grandi. Siamo solo all'inizio. Stiamo accelerando, non rallentando". "È il primo affondamento di una nave nemica tramite siluro dalla Seconda guerra mondiale", ha aggiunto Hegseth. "Pnsava di essere al sicuro in acque internazionali. Invece, è stata affondata da un siluro". Gli Stati Uniti prevedono di assumere il "controllo completo dei cieli iraniani" in "meno di una settimana". Hegseth ha spiegato in un breafing con la stampa che le forze aeree "individueranno e distruggeranno i missili e la base industriale di difesa dell'esercito iraniano". "Non doveva essere uno scontro leale, e non lo è", ha aggiunto Hegseth. "Li stiamo colpendo mentre sono a terra, ed è esattamente come dovrebbe essere".Sri Lanka, US submarine sinks an Iranian ship: 148 dead. Hegseth: "We will strike anywhere."An American submarine sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka. 148 sailors are reported dead or missing in the Indian Ocean. The ship was struck while navigating 25 miles south of the island. More than 32 people were rescued by the Sri Lankan military. U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirmed the sinking of the Iris Dena warship. It appears the warship was returning from a military exercise in the Indian port of Viskhapatnam at the time of the attack.The U.S. military operation in Iran “is accelerating,” Hegseth stated. “As President Trump said, they are bringing more and more waves. We are just getting started. We are accelerating, not slowing down.” “It is the first sinking of an enemy ship via torpedo since World War II,” Hegseth added. “It was believed to be safe in international waters. Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo.” The United States anticipates assuming “complete control of the Iranian skies” in “less than a week.” Hegseth explained in a briefing with the press that air forces “will identify and destroy Iranian missiles and the country’s military defense industrial base.” “It was not supposed to be a friendly engagement, and it wasn’t,” Hegseth added. “We are hitting them while they are on the ground, and that’s exactly how it should be.”#SriLanka #Iranian #Hegseth #American #theIndianOcean #25miles #SriLankan #Defense #PeteHegseth #IrisDena #Indian #Viskhapatnam #Trump #first #WorldWarII #TheUnitedStates https://www.iltempo.it/esteri/2026/03/04/news/sri-lanka-sottomarino-usa-affonda-una-nave-iraniana-148-morti-hegseth-colpiremo-ovunque--46653583/

Today: Hegseth: "Usa e Israele hanno il controllo dei cieli iraniani""Le forze aeree statunitensi e israeliane stabiliranno la completa superiorità aerea sull'Iran entro una settimana". Lo ha affermato il capo del Pentagono, Pete Hegseth, in conferenza stampa a Washington. “Abbiamo solo iniziato a dare loro la caccia, a smantellarli, a distruggerli, a sconfiggere...Hegseth: "The UAE and Israel control the Iranian skies"The United States and Israeli air forces will establish complete air superiority over Iran within a week. That’s what the head of the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, said at a press conference in Washington. “We’ve only just begun to give them the fighters, to dismantle them, to destroy them, to defeat…”#Hegseth #Israel #Iranian #TheUnitedStates #Israeli #Pentagon #PeteHegseth #Washington https://www.today.it/mondo/hegseth-usa-e-israele-hanno-il-controllo-dei-cieli-iraniani.html

@HamonWry He is a gibbering idiot, obviously. But the fact that the US military somehow allowed its weaknesses be exposed in this spectacular fashion is an indictment of them. They should absolutely not be allowed to blame him. No drone strategy, like, at all. Not as dire as Putin's discovery of the corruption and incomptence of the Russian military but... not great.Our saving grace is that the Chinese army hasn't faced any meaningful action so they'll think twice about pulling some shit.

Secretary Hegseth made a confusing statement today: "You can't have a nuclear bomb… we precisely took it away. And then even after that, they didn't have that. They didn't come to the table with a willingness to give it away."The logical inconsistency is striking. If a nuclear capability was "precisely taken away," then it no longer exists to be given away at a negotiating table. This kind of rhetorical confusion around nuclear weapons—where clarity is paramount—creates unnecessary ambiguity about strategic realities and policy objectives.#StrategicCommunication #NuclearPolicy #Hegseth

Agenzia Nova: Iran: Rubio, Hegseth e Ratcliff aggiornano il Congresso su attacchi02 mar 21:08 - (Agenzia Nova) - La Casa Bianca sta pianificando una serie di briefing con i membri del Congresso sull'attacco contro l'Iran... (Was)Iran: Rubio, Hegseth and Ratcliff Brief Congress on Attacks02 mar 21:08 - (Agenzia Nova) - The White House is planning a series of briefings with members of Congress on the attack against Iran...#Rubio #Hegseth #AgenziaNova #TheWhiteHouse #Congress https://www.agenzianova.com/a/69a5efb89ee282.15821162/7080662/2026-03-02/iran-rubio-hegseth-e-ratcliff-aggiornano-il-congresso-su-attacchi

Corriere.it - Homepage: Hegseth: «Non abbiamo cominciato la guerra, la stiamo finendo. Il popolo iraniano approfitti di questa occasione incredibile»Il funzionario Usa: «Questo non è l'Iraq, non è una guerra infinita. Truppe Usa sul campo? Ci spingeremo fino a dove necessario»Hegseth: “We didn’t start the war, we’re finishing it. The Iranian people are taking advantage of this incredible opportunity.”The official said: “This isn’t Iraq, it’s not an endless war. US troops on the ground? We will push until it’s necessary.”#Hegseth #Iranian https://www.corriere.it/esteri/26_marzo_02/crisi-iran-conferenza-hegseth-segretario-difesa-usa-df10ff96-ffa9-4d44-9b57-ba016009dxlk.shtml

#Defense Secy Pete #Hegseth said today the #war against #Iran is not comparable to the #Iraq War — adding the #US will not be caught in the same nation-building quagmire that it found itself in 2 decades ago.“This is not Iraq,” Hegseth said from the #Pentagon. “This is not endless. I was there for both. Our generation knows better, & so does this president. He called the last 20 years of nation building wars dumb, & he’s right.”#Trump #warmonger #RegimeChange #law #Congress #WarPowers

Today: Hegseth: "Teheran prendeva tempo per nucleare""Le ambizioni nucleari pacifiche non hanno bisogno di essere sepolte sotto le montagne". Lo ha dichiarato il segretario americano alla Guerra, Pete Hegseth, parlando in conferenza stampa. "Il precedente regime aveva tutte le possibilità di raggiungere un accordo pacifico e sensato. Ma Teheran non...Hegseth: "Tehran was buying time to go nuclear."“Peaceful nuclear ambitions don’t need to be buried under mountains.” That’s what US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth stated during a press conference. “The previous regime had every opportunity to reach a peaceful and sensible agreement. But Tehran didn’t…”#Hegseth #Tehran #Defense #PeteHegseth https://www.today.it/mondo/hegseth-teheran-prendeva-tempo-per-nucleare.html

@chrisstoecker Aber nicht nur dein Abo kündigen. Dein Konto bei OpenAI auch danach löschen.

Pete Hegseth, the US Secretary of Defence who cannot remember his own title, is having One Of Those Weekends. He's had to pose and try to look intelligent while the press pool covers the "situation room"-type clubhouse meeting at Shangri-La In The Swamp, had to talk about bombing and attacking a place half a world away that he couldn't find on a fully-labelled globe, and had difficulty understanding when it was explained to him that "Iranese" is not actually a real language.And now, this announcement:> The Pentagon is holding a news conference on the US’ operation> in Iran at 8 a.m. ET Monday, the Department of Defense posted> on social media. Monday morning meetings are the worst, but having to give a presentation while hungover or still hammered really takes it up to hell-on-earth.#Hegseth #PeteHegseth #Kegbreath #PeteKegbreath #drunk #OnlyTheBest #cabinet #Trump #EmptySuit #Iran #Bomb #WarCrimes #ICC #TheHague #hammered #unqualified #USPol #war

I am possibly the greatest #Hegseth fan in the world. A lot of people might be surprised to find me saying that. He's a racist, woman-abusing religious shitpiece of the highest tier, don't get me wrong I acknowledge that. It's just that everything he seems to do weakens and discredits the institution of the American military, with many bonus points for that damage outlasting the current administration when it inevitably goes.A grand thing for the rest of us out here.https://www.reuters.com/world/us/hegseth-says-pentagon-end-ivy-league-attendance-2026-27-academic-year-2026-02-27/

@chrisstoecker Das glaube ich nicht. Aber vielleicht wurde auf den anderen 5 Plattformen nicht gecheckt, dass es gar keine Zitate sind, aber die wurden als solche dankbar angenommen, weil es in die eigene Meinungsbubble passt.@Gerbsen

I'm no particular fan of Anthropic, but seeing some spine in this timeline is... refreshing for once.https://www.anthropic.com/news/statement-department-of-war#anthropic #ai #darioamodei #hegseth #pentagon #trump #usa #politics

@petersuber I applaud their courage, sadly I fear that's 684 candidates for the next round of layoffs