Iran has vowed to strike one of the world’s largest warships, the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, after launching a huge missile salvo which failed to hit. Footage has emerged of the moment Iran launched a series of shore-to-sea cruise missiles at the Lincoln carrier, which was deployed to the Arabian Sea to support Operation Epic Fury. Speaking in the White House yesterday, Donald Trump said: ‘They shot 100 missiles at one of our aircraft carriers, one of the biggest ships in the world, actually. And of 101 missiles shot, every single one of them was knocked down.’
But Iranian Navy commander Shahram Irani warned the warship was under constant surveillance ahead of another possible attack. Meanwhile Iran has also targeted American military bases in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain in a missile salvo after Trump sent Tehran a 15-point peace plan to end the war. However, Iranian military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Ebrahim Zolfaghari mocked Trump over his latest remarks, suggesting the US is ‘ negotiating with yourselves’.
