Trump: US launched 'small-scale attack' on Iran

China News Service, November 4 (Xinhua) According to comprehensive foreign media reports, US President Trump stated on the 3rd that the US military launched a "small-scale attack" against Iran.

According to reports, Trump told the media on the 3rd: "They (Iran) built an air defense facility, which took about two months, and we monitored its construction process. As soon as it was completed, we hit it "very beautifully" last night." Trump said: "This is just a small-scale attack, not a war."

According to previous reports, several explosions were heard from Qeshm Island in southern Iran in the early morning of the 3rd local time. US media reported that the US military launched an attack on Qeshm Island and destroyed an Iranian missile launcher.

The Wall Street Journal quoted U.S. officials as saying that the U.S. military attacked Qeshm Island, the latest in a series of "limited strikes" carried out by the United States against Iran in recent weeks. U.S. officials described the strike as "defensive" and aimed at preventing Iran from attacking commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Unlike in the early stages of the conflict, the United States did not publicly announce these strikes. An official said that the United States deliberately kept a low profile to avoid releasing any signal that it planned to resume large-scale combat operations.