WASHINGTON US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that his country would launch "the largest strike package yet" on Iran on Thursday, as part of an ongoing operation which began last month. "Today, we've struck over 7,000 targets across Iran and its military infrastructure ... and again, today will be the largest strike package yet —just like yesterday was... we are hunting, striking, delivering death and destruction from above," Hegseth told a news conference alongside Gen. Dan Caine, chairman