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Admiral Brad Cooper
Charles Bradford 'Brad' Cooper II — four-star US Navy admiral commanding CENTCOM, directing Operation EPIC FURY against Iran.
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#10118 May
Mentioned in: France pledges 80 per cent frigate readiness
Iran Conflict 2026#10117 May
Told a forum on 14 May that CENTCOM had eliminated 90 per cent of Iran's naval mine inventory
Iran Conflict 2026: Italy deploys minesweepers to Hormuz coalition#9914 May
Mentioned in: Elbit wins $34m F-35I range extension
Iran Conflict 2026#9914 May
Claimed US forces eliminated roughly 90 per cent of Iran's naval mine inventory
Iran Conflict 2026: Cooper: 90% of Iran's mines cleared#884 May
Commanded Project Freedom launch under standing CENTCOM authority
Iran Conflict 2026: Project Freedom enters Hormuz on 4 May#883 May
CENTCOM blockade tally hits 48 vessels
Iran Conflict 2026#872 May
Mentioned in: IRGC declares standby, quantifies surviving fleet
Iran Conflict 2026#8530 Apr
Provided the first public economic figure for the blockade — 44 vessels and 69 million barrels redirected
Iran Conflict 2026: CENTCOM blockade hits 44 vessels, 69m barrels#7620 Apr
Mentioned in: Seven VLCCs at Chabahar, three at Hormuz
Iran Conflict 2026#7115 Apr
Claimed US forces had 'completely halted economic trade going into and out of Iran by sea'
Iran Conflict 2026: Windward data dismantles Cooper's halt claim#7015 Apr
Claimed 100 per cent halt of Iran sea trade on 15 April
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran tanker tests Cooper blockade claim#6915 Apr
Declared blockade had completely halted Iranian seaborne trade in under a day and a half
Iran Conflict 2026: Cooper claims halt; Kpler counts 8#4927 Mar
Mentioned in: 10,000 targets struck; 92% of navy gone
Iran Conflict 2026#4725 Mar
Mentioned in: Iran resumes fire after 11-hour pause
Iran Conflict 2026#4623 Mar
Assessed Iranian missile degradation
Iran Conflict 2026: CENTCOM: 9,000 targets, 140 ships in 25d#4622 Mar
Mentioned in: Israel strikes Tehran at record scale
Iran Conflict 2026#4422 Mar
Mentioned in: Trump: open Hormuz in 48h or face war
Iran Conflict 2026#4420 Mar
CENTCOM: 8,000 targets, 130 ships in 22d
Iran Conflict 2026#4420 Mar
A-10s and Apaches hunt Hormuz fast boats
Iran Conflict 2026#318 Mar
Mentioned in: IRGC Aerospace HQ struck in Tehran
Iran Conflict 2026#318 Mar
Mentioned in: Trump calls war 'a little excursion'
Iran Conflict 2026#257 Mar
Reported 109 drones and 9 ballistic missiles as a UAE single-day record
Iran Conflict 2026: 109 drones, 9 missiles: record UAE day#256 Mar
Confirmed 3,000+ targets struck and 43 Iranian vessels destroyed
Iran Conflict 2026: CENTCOM: 43 ships sunk, 3,000 targets#236 Mar
Confirmed 30+ Iranian naval vessels sunk or destroyed since 28 February
Iran Conflict 2026: Thirty Iranian ships sunk in seven days#236 Mar
B-2s hit Iran's buried missile launchers
Iran Conflict 2026#246 Mar
Confirmed CENTCOM strikes on Iran's space and satellite command
Iran Conflict 2026: US destroys Iran's satellite targeting#236 Mar
Confirmed Iranian ballistic missile attacks down 90% from Day 1
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran's missiles down 90% from Day 1#236 Mar
Confirmed US destruction of a second Iranian drone carrier on Tuesday
Iran Conflict 2026: US destroys second Iranian drone carrier#236 Mar