One of the targets that U.S. forces purportedly hit in a retaliatory airstrike late on Friday showed multiple secondary explosions after getting hit with U.S. munitions.
The video, which was confirmed by Fox News, reportedly occurred in the Town of Al-Qa’im in Western Iraq.
Multiple aerial projectiles can be seen “cooking off” — meaning they ignite due to the extreme heat produced by the fires from the strike — into the night sky.
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Secondary Rocket Munitions seen “Cooking-Off” from an Iranian Arms Site within the Town of Al-Qa'im in Western Iraq following U.S. Airstrikes. pic.twitter.com/WQsF9rJSMF
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“U.S. military forces struck more than 85 targets, with numerous aircraft to include long-range bombers flown from United States,” U.S. Central Command said in a statement. “The airstrikes employed more than 125 precision munitions. The facilities that were struck included command and control operations, centers, intelligence centers, rockets, and missiles, and unmanned aerial vehicle storages, and logistics and munition supply chain facilities of militia groups and their IRGC sponsors who facilitated attacks against U.S. and Coalition forces.”
The strikes come after the Biden administration has repeatedly telegraphed its plans to Iran over the last several days, including general details about when the strikes would likely start, where they would occur, and what they would target.
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Voice of America News reported that a U.S. official said that the goal of the strike was to cause “a major disruption in logistics” for the IRGC and the terrorist groups that it backs.
The targets selected were “critical to their supply chain” the official said, adding that the strikes were not intended to target “personnel.”
“We hit what we intended to hit,” the official said.