The US military is sinking the Iranian navy

On Sunday, US President Donald Trump announced that the US military is sinking the Iranian navy, having destroyed nine Iranian warships so far and ´going after the rest.`

Trump made the announcement on social media at a time when the Pentagon was intensifying its bombing of the Iranian military and deploying B-2 bombers from the US to attack reinforced underground Iranian missile facilities with 2,000-pound (over 900-kilogram) bombs.

American attacks also hit the Iranian naval command and largely destroyed it, Trump said.

The Iranian military is responding with hundreds of missile and drone attacks, and the US confirmed the first three deaths of American soldiers in combat on Sunday. Another five were seriously injured during the conflict, according to the US military's central command.

Trump, who announced plans to completely destroy the Iranian navy, said the remaining Iranian warships would ´soon be floating at the bottom of the sea.`

(reuters, im)