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Hegseth: 'Terms of this war will be set by us'

At a briefing at the Pentagon on Wednesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said "this is not a 'mission accomplished' situation," instead calling it "a reality check."

Hegseth said that now that both Israel and the U.S. have achieved dominance over the skies of Iran, those operations will be ramped up, shifting from mainly missile strikes in the first days to bomb drops.

"Flying over Tehran, flying over Iran, flying over their capital, flying over the IRGC, Iranian leaders looking up and seeing only us and Israeli air power every minute of every day, until we decide it's over and Iran will be able to do nothing about it," he said.

"More bombers and more fighters are arriving just today, and now with complete control of the skies, we will be using 500-pound, 1,000-pound and 2,000-pound GPS and laser-guided precision gravity bombs, of which we have a nearly unlimited stockpile," Hegseth said.

"The terms of this war will be set by us at every step," he said.

Hegseth said additional forces are arriving in the Middle East on Wednesday. CENTCOM on Tuesday night announced 50,000 troops are in the region.

"More and larger waves are coming, we are just getting started," he said.

-ABC News' Luis Martinez