{"id":1364052,"date":"2026-03-01T18:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T16:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/iran-announced-a-strike-on-one-of-the-largest-american-aircraft-carriers-the-uss-abraham-lincoln-us-reaction\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T18:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T16:25:11","slug":"iran-announced-a-strike-on-one-of-the-largest-american-aircraft-carriers-the-uss-abraham-lincoln-us-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/iran-announced-a-strike-on-one-of-the-largest-american-aircraft-carriers-the-uss-abraham-lincoln-us-reaction\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran announced a strike on one of the largest American aircraft carriers, the USS Abraham Lincoln: US reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Iran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guards claimed on Sunday that they had shot down the US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Persian Gulf. In response, the US said the carrier was unharmed and was continuing its mission.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This is reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/03\/01\/iran-security-official-says-khamenei-transition-process-to-begin-on-sunday\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Euronews<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln was hit by four ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;The US aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln was hit by four ballistic missiles,&#8221; the Guard said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p> The message also warns that &#8220;land and sea will increasingly become the graveyard of terrorist aggressors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> In response, US Central Command <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2028124242273767557\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">denied<\/a> Iran&#8217;s statement.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;The aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln did not suffer any damage, and the missiles launched did not even come close to it. The ship continues to perform its missions, launching aircraft to support operations to protect the American people and neutralize threats from Iran,&#8221; the command said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"> \ud83d\udeabIran&#8217;s IRGC claims to have struck the USS Abraham Lincoln with ballistic missiles. LIE.<br \/> \u2705The Lincoln was not hit. The missiles launched didn&#8217;t even come close. The Lincoln continues to launch aircraft in support of CENTCOM&#8217;s relentless campaign to defend the American people by\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AjaeHMemtA\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/AjaeHMemtA<\/a><\/p>\n<p> \u2014 US Central Command (@CENTCOM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2028124242273767557?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 1, 2026<\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> At the same time, during Operation Epic Fury, the US military reported the defeat of an Iranian Jamaran-class destroyer, which was critically damaged and, according to US data, was allegedly sinking.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Members of the Iranian armed forces, IRGC, and police must lay down their weapons and abandon ship,&#8221; the US Central Command added.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>Abraham Lincoln<\/strong> is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the United States, known as one of the largest warships in the world. It is one of ten nuclear-powered aircraft carriers of the Nimitz class, is 333 meters long and can carry approximately 100,000 tons of equipment, including 65 aircraft and several missile launchers.<\/p>\n<p> According to the US Navy, the aircraft carrier was sent to the Persian Gulf in late January as part of an &#8220;army&#8221; deployed due to rising tensions in the region amid protests in Iran and a crackdown on demonstrators.<\/p>\n<p> Recall that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/iran-atakuvav-tanker-tinovoho-flotu-zi-svoimy-zh-hromadianamy-v-ormuzkiy-prototsi\/\">the oil tanker Skylight, flying the flag of the Republic of Palau, was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Oman<\/a> . As a result of the incident, 4 crew members were injured, and all 20 sailors were evacuated.<\/p>\n<p> Earlier it was reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/iran-perekryv-nayvazhlyvishyy-marshrut-postachannia-nafty-z-blyzkoho-skhodu-shcho-vidbuvaietsia-v-ormuzkiy-prototsi\/\">Iran had blocked the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf<\/a> , a key route for oil supplies from the Middle East. The movement of oil tankers in the strait has been effectively halted, and ships have reduced their speed to zero.<\/p>\n<p> It was later reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/v-omani-drony-atakuvaly-komertsiynyy-port\/\">two drones attacked a commercial port in the Omani city of Duqm<\/a> on Sunday. One of the drones reportedly hit a residential complex, injuring a foreign worker.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guards claimed on Sunday that they had shot down the US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Persian Gulf. In response, the US said the carrier was unharmed and was continuing its mission. This is reported by Euronews . The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1364045,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76870,76871,76872,76875],"class_list":["post-1364052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1364052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1364045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1364052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1364052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}