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미 국방부 “이란 공격에 5만 명 투입 작전 우위 입증” / 

Over 50,000 U.S. troops involved in military strikes on Iran: Pentagon

[테헤란=AP/뉴시스] 이란 수도 테헤란 도심지에서 13일(현지시각) 열린 연례 쿠드스(예루살렘)의 날 집회에서 한 여성이 새로 선출된 이란 최고 지도자 모즈타바 하메네이의 사진을 들고 있다. 2026.3.14. © 뉴시스

이란 공습에 투입된 미군 수가 5만 명 이상이라고 미 국방부가 13일(현지시각) 밝혔다.

킹슬리 윌슨 국방부 대변인은 소셜미디어에 올린 글에서 "병력들이 공중·해상 영역 통제권을 확립하고 수천 개의 이란 목표물을 타격해 작전 우위를 입증했다"고 주장했다.

대변인은 미 중부사령부가 13일 약 6000개의 목표물을 타격했으며 60척 이상의 선박과 30척 이상의 기뢰부설함이 손상되거나 파괴됐다고 보고했다고 덧붙였다.

(…이하 생략…)

강영진 기자 / NEWSIS, 2026-03-14

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Over 50,000 U.S. troops involved in military strikes on Iran: Pentagon

WASHINGTON, March 13 (Xinhua) -- More than 50,000 U.S. service members are involved in the military strikes against Iran, a senior Pentagon official said Friday.

Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson claimed "those forces have established control over air and sea domains and struck thousands of identified Iranian targets, demonstrating operational dominance," according to a post on X by the U.S. Department of War.

The U.S. Central Command on Thursday reported about 6,000 targets struck, with more than 60 ships and 30 minelayers damaged or destroyed, the post added.

Weapons employed in the operation include a wide range of bombers, fighter jets, electronic warfare and reconnaissance aircraft, unmanned aerial systems, missile defense platforms, artillery systems, warships, counter-drone equipment, refueling assets and cargo aircraft, said the post.

The Pentagon is also reportedly deploying an amphibious assault ship, the USS Tripoli, and around 2,500 Marines to the Middle East.

The U.S. Central Command confirmed Friday that all six crew members aboard a U.S. KC-135 refueling aircraft that went down in western Iraq on Thursday were dead, bringing the total number of U.S. service personnel killed since the United States and Israel launched joint military attacks on Iran on Feb. 28 to at least 13.

More than 1,300 civilians have been killed and 9,669 civilian sites destroyed in Iran in the strikes, Amir Saeid Iravani, Iran's permanent representative to the United Nations, said Tuesday.

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(Xinhua / BIG NEWS NETWORK.COM, 14th March 2026)

Over 50,000 U.S. troops involved in military strikes on Iran: Pentagon