Iranians cowered under the barrage as Pete Hegseth, the U.S. defense secretary, said the U.S. aimed to wipe out Iran’s capacity to obtain nuclear weapons “forever.” Amid what the Pentagon said would be the fiercest bombardment of Iran since the start of the war, the Pentagon’s leaders said Tuesday that U.S. and Israeli forces were “winning decisively” but declined to set a timetable for the end of the conflict, ... [1604 chars]