Day 12: Hegseth Vows 'Most Intense Day' of Strikes; Iran Mines Strait of Hormuz

The US-Israel war on Iran entered its twelfth day as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed it would be 'yet again our most intense day of strikes inside Iran — the most fighters, the most bombers, the most strikes.' Gen. Dan Caine confirmed US forces have now struck more than 5,000 targets in Iran across 30 of its 31 provinces, with 43 Iranian naval vessels destroyed or damaged, more than 60% of missile launchers neutralized, and Iranian air defenses degraded by 80%. Iran's ballistic missile launch rate has collapsed 92% (from 480/day on Feb. 28 to ~40/day), and drone launches have fallen 92% as well.