US has used tomahawks, HIMARS, standoff weapons, drones to strike Iran: official

The U.S. has used tomahawks, HIMARS, standoff weapons and drones to strike Iran, a U.S. defense official told Fox News.

The official said the War Department employed Patriot missiles, Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) batteries, and ship-launched Standard Missiles (SM) for air defense.

Standoff weapons are munitions launched from an aircraft, ship or submarine far enough away from the target that they are out of reach from defensive enemy fire.

Fox News’ Liz Friden contributed to this report.