The Navy intends to use some of the funds to increase its fleet of warships by 19 and modernize century-old shipyards.

Defense officials argued the spending request should also include another spending bill in Congress, which would bring the total closer to $961 billion.

Khamenei’s speech, which went on for more than 10 minutes Thursday, was filled with warnings and threats directed toward the United States and Israel.

A single U.S. Navy submarine launched over two dozen Tomahawk land attack cruise missiles into Iran, striking a nuclear facility at Isfahan.