Tensions in the Gulf have surged to a new and dangerous peak after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard issued its starkest warning yet, vowing to target a U.S. aircraft carrier with what it claims is a new generation of supersonic anti‑ship missiles.

In a televised address, a senior Guard commander boasted that Iran now fields missiles “too fast to stop,” declaring that any U.S. strike on Iranian soil or nuclear facilities would trigger an immediate attack on “the American floating bases in our region” — a thinly veiled reference to carrier strike groups currently operating in the Arabian Sea.

State media followed with dramatic footage of test launches and animations showing a carrier engulfed in fire.