ARLINGTON, Va.—U.S. warplanes are increasingly hitting targets on the fly while over Iranian airspace, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced on March 31.
Speaking at a Pentagon press briefing, Hegseth announced that U.S. forces had conducted 200 “dynamic strikes” overnight, referring to when a U.S. warplane already on a mission is retasked mid-flight to pursue additional targets.
“They get a new target set based on real-time intel given to them: a new launcher, a new location, a new troop formation,” Hegseth explained. “A dynamic target is one that changes while you’re in the air because of improved intelligence.”…