The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier was not struck by drones, a US defense official said Friday, after Iranian state TV reported a strike on the massive warship.
“The reports are not true,” the defense official said.
Iran state TV had said the previous day that drones fired by the Revolutionary Guards, the ideological arm of the Islamic republic’s military, had struck the aircraft carrier.
State television did not provide any details on the claim. The Guards had previously alleged to have hit the Lincoln, but the Pentagon said at the time that the “missiles launched didn’t even come close.”
The United States has two aircraft carriers in the Middle East taking part in the massive air campaign against Iran that Washington launched with Israeli forces on February 28.
Add Comment