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2026-03-26 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran reports attack on US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[Regnum] The Islamic Republic Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy launched several cruise missiles at one of the US Navy's largest ships, the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. The IRGC press service reported this on March 25.
Did the Abe Lincoln notice? Or did they notice and destroy the missile launcher?
The strike was launched from the coast of the Islamic Republic. Iranian military officials claim that some of the missiles hit a warship, forcing the aircraft carrier to change course.

Iranian Navy Commander Shahram Irani said strikes on aircraft carriers would continue.
You do what you must, then we will do what we do best.
"The actions and movements of the hostile USS Abraham Lincoln group are being constantly monitored, and once it comes within range of the missile systems, it will become the target of powerful strikes by the Army Navy," the ILNA news agency quoted the commander as saying.

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Posted by badanov 2026-03-26 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1856 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Iran 

1 Iran claims 'attack' on US aircraft carrier as Tehran's navy chief shares 'footage of missile strike' on £1.8billion warship in Arabian sea
Posted by Skidmark 2026-03-26 00:29||   2026-03-26 00:29|| Front Page Top

2 Baghdad Bob is still around?
Posted by Oregon Dave 2026-03-26 01:10||   2026-03-26 01:10|| Front Page Top

3 ...Start calling her The Gray Ghost Of The Persian Coast.

Mike
Posted by MikeKozlowski 2026-03-26 06:01||   2026-03-26 06:01|| Front Page Top

4 How can they claim to be attacking a ship that the also claim they have sunk? Realistically, the IRGC is having trouble hitting stationary land targets. Hitting a well-protected, moving sea target over the horizon seems like a stretch. Maybe they can sink the Lincoln with a missile strike from their inflatable stealth fighter.
Posted by Super Hose 2026-03-26 06:03||   2026-03-26 06:03|| Front Page Top

5 /\ Baghdad Bob is still around?

Yes, he's a lead 'Regnum' reporter. Has been for years now.
Posted by Besoeker 2026-03-26 06:12||   2026-03-26 06:12|| Front Page Top

6 Looks like their definition of "attack" is firing a missile in that direction.
Posted by Bobby 2026-03-26 07:25||   2026-03-26 07:25|| Front Page Top

7 Xi, thanks:

Posted by badanov 2026-03-26 08:00||   2026-03-26 08:00|| Front Page Top

8 I wonder how much money China isn't going to make when their foreign military sales drop? What customer wants to spend lots of money for missiles and other military equipment that don't hit the target and don't act as a deterrence?
Posted by Chantry 2026-03-26 09:20||   2026-03-26 09:20|| Front Page Top

9 Mullahs missed a bet - should have claimed they attacked the Ford... and taken credit for the laundry fire and it leaving the area. Half the loons in the MSM and all the Democrats (but I repeat myself) would have jumped on the bandwagon.
Posted by Mercutio 2026-03-26 09:21||   2026-03-26 09:21|| Front Page Top

10 #8 The clients only need equipment good enough to keep their restless population in place, not fight the neighbors.
Posted by Procopius2k 2026-03-26 11:17||   2026-03-26 11:17|| Front Page Top

11 IRGC and remaining mullahs:
WE FART IN YOUR GENERAL DIRECTION!
Posted by Whiskey Mike 2026-03-26 15:07||   2026-03-26 15:07|| Front Page Top

03:43 trailing wife
00:29 Clyde Thaviling6482
00:14 Besoeker
00:13 Skidmark
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