Iran’s Submarine Strike & America’s Devastating Response 22 MINUTES nt
Gulf of Oman — In a clash that lasted just 22 minutes but could reshape naval warfare, an Iranian submarine ambushed a U.S. carrier escort — and triggered an American response so brutal that large parts of Iran’s frontline fleet were left burning or broken.
The incident began when a U.S. destroyer screening a carrier group detected a faint sonar contact hugging the seabed. Before commanders could classify the threat, two heavyweight torpedoes were already in the water, racing toward the ship. Battle alarms screamed as the destroyer rolled into a hard turn, launched decoys and fired anti-torpedo countermeasures.
One weapon detonated close enough to rip life rafts and sensors from the hull, injuring several sailors and flooding a machinery space…
