Last night at US Central Command, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Central Command Admiral Brad Cooper, and President Donald Trump held a briefing on US operations against Iran.
Hegseth said that "the amount of firepower over Iran and over Tehran will increase significantly."
He added that the UK's decision to allow the US to use the Diego Garcia military base would help Washington intensify attacks, the BBC writes.
“It was unfortunate that the British didn’t say from day one, ‘Hey, go ahead and have access,’” Hegseth said. “But we did it.”
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the UK is now sending four additional Typhoon fighter jets to join Britain's squadron in Qatar.
The United Kingdom has allowed the US to use British bases "to conduct defensive operations," the prime minister said.
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