"US Central Command (CENTCOM) released footage on Tuesday showing missiles striking Iranian drone targets. "The Iranian regime's killer drones have been a menace in the Middle East for years. These drones are no longer a tolerable risk," CENTCOM posted on X. The exact date and location of footage shared by CENTCOM cannot be independently verified. Earlier that day, CENTCOM released another footage showing US Navy guided-missile destroyers launching a barrage of missiles at Iranian targets. Tensions escalated in the Middle East after the United States and Israel launched joint military operations against Iran on Saturday, with President Donald Trump vowing to "raze their missile industry to the ground". Tehran responded with a series of missile and drone strikes targeting Israel and US military bases in the Gulf. On Sunday, Iranian state television confirmed that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in strikes carried out on Saturday. The Supreme Leader, who had ruled since 1989, held ultimate authority over Iran's political, military and religious institutions. Iranian officials warned that Khamenei's killing would mark a turning point, with the Revolutionary Guard vowing retaliation and declaring that "this great crime will not go unpunished". The escalations follow three recent rounds of nuclear talks between Iranian and American officials, one held in Muscat and two in Geneva."