Admiral Brad Cooper

I'd also just double down on the president's comments that he previously made to the people.

Stay in your homes.

Keep things calm.

Stay out of the way.

There's a lot of U.S.

and Israeli capacity coming over.

We're hitting a lot of targets.

The best thing for them to do for right now is just to lay low.

Right here.

I won't get ahead of policy in terms of what we might do.

What I will point out is this is now the 12th country that Iran has attacked.

Twelve countries, and it goes right back to the Secretary's point.

Those 12 countries are none too happy, and I look forward to working with all the partners who are willing to join us in this.

War Room.

More than 50,000 troops, 200 fighters, two aircraft carriers and bombers from the United States are participating in this operation and more capability is on the way.

These forces bring a massive amount of firepower, representing the largest buildup by the US in the Middle East in a generation.

Now we're less than 100 hours into this operation and we've already struck nearly 2,000 targets with more than 2,000 munitions.

We have severely degraded Iran's air defenses and destroyed hundreds of Iran's ballistic missiles, launchers and drones.

Well, judging by what's happening in the markets here in Asia, no, it hasn't reassured investors at all because saying that there will be a US naval escort and actually seeing it happen are two very different things.

Do it in a resilient way with speed and effectiveness.