US says Iran Navy sunk As strikes intensify ; Drone carrier Hit and warship set Ablaze
the united states has targeted Iran’s naval vessels in intensified strikes according to the latest update from Us central command. the mission has reportedly sunk the Iran Navy with a major Iranian drone carrier hit and a warship set ablaze at sea. US central command said American force struck major Iranian navel vessels as part of the operation. the development comes hours after us president Donald Trump claimed that Iran’s Navy and Air force are gone , Trump had also said that Iran’s anti-aircraft weapons and airplanes were destroyed, asserting that Iran no longer has an air force or air defence.
Trump said, ” we, re doing very well in Iran we’ve knocked out 42 Navy ships’ some of them very large in three days that was the end of the Navy we knocked out their communication, but guess they will figure something out. its not working out too well. and they’re bad people. this had to be done. they were very close to a nuclear weapon. they would have had one if we didn’t do our b2 hit midnight Hammer they would have had it eight months ago… so we did the world a favour.
president Masoud Pezeshkian, one member of a tripartite leadership council overseeing Iran since a February 28 airstrike started the war and killed supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivered the defiant message on Saturday, exactly one week into a conflict that has spread across the region, rattled global markets and air travel and left Iran’s own leadership greatly weakened by hundreds of Israeli and American airstrikes.
The U.S. Navy said it has sunk more than 30 Iranian ships over the past weeks, including an Iranian drone carrier at sea that it struck late Thursday in its campaign against the Islamic Republic’s fleet of warships us Admiral Brad cooper the chief of central command and commander of us forces in the Middle East described the Iranian vessel stuck at ads’ roughly the size of a world war craft carrier.
The Iranian ship was returning an exercise hosted by the Indian Navy that the us also joined Sri Lankha’s authorities said 32 crew members were rescued. speaking alongside cooper in Washington, us secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth warned that strikes on Iran are” about to surge dramatically” it more defensive capabilities Hegseth said and its bomber it pulses more frequently”.
Donald Trump on Strike:-
Trump said “‘re doing very well in Iran we’ve knocked out 42 Navy ships some of them very large, in three days that was the and of the navy. we Knocked out their communication’s and all telecommunications is gone. I don’t Know how they communicate but I guess they will figure something out. It’s not working out too well. and they’re bad people this had to be done. they were very close to a nuclear weapon. they would have had one if we Did’t do our B2 hit, Midnight Hammer. they would have had it eight months ago… so we did the world a favour.
U.S. central command confirmed the destruction of the shahid Bagheri, Iran’s recently commissioned drone and helicopter carrier during strikes on march .
The vessel, which had only entered service with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard corps Navy on February 6,2025, represented a major investment in Iran’s naval power projection capabilities converted form a 240-meter container ship over two year, the 40,000 -ton carrier featured a 180- meter ski-jump runway and could operate for up a year at sea without refuelling , according to Iranian naval officials.
President Trump stated on march 2 that ten Iranian ships had been ” knocked out” during the operation , while CENTCOM confirmed strikes against Iranian naval headquarters and other vessels. the command also denied Iranian claims that the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier had been struck, stating the missiles” didn’t even come close and that carrier Continents Iaunching aircraft in support of the campaign.
US military sets Iranian drone carrier ship on fire :-
The U.S. military struck and set on fire an Iranian drone carrier ship Thursday as forces continue to degrade the Islamic Republic’s navy and continue pummeling the nation with missiles and bombs. Adm. Brad Cooper, said during a Thursday press conference that the vessel was roughly the size of a World War II ” aircraft carrier ” and “as we speak, it’s on fire.” On Saturday, when the war began, CENTCOM said its forces hit Iran’s drone carrier IRIS shahid Bagheri as part of barrage of airstrikes. The U.S. military strikes against the Iranian navy have intensified, as now more than 30 of its warships have been sunk or destroyed, according to cooper, who added that U.S military bombers have hit nearly 200 targets ” deep inside ” Iran, including the capital Tehran, in the last hour.