{"id":10510,"date":"2026-03-01T14:47:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T14:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=10510"},"modified":"2026-03-01T14:47:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T14:47:21","slug":"iran-tried-to-sink-a-u-s-aircraft-carrier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=10510","title":{"rendered":"Iran Tried to Sink a U.S. Aircraft Carrier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"242\">In a dangerous escalation in the\u00a0<span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Strait of Hormuz<\/span><\/span>, Iran reportedly launched a missile strike targeting the\u00a0<span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">USS Theodore Roosevelt<\/span><\/span>, a nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier and symbol of American naval power.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"244\" data-end=\"610\">Earlier that day, the carrier entered the vital oil corridor with 4,700 sailors and nearly 100 aircraft onboard, escorted by a full strike group including\u00a0<span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Arleigh Burke<\/span><\/span>\u00a0destroyers. Iranian radar tracked the fleet for hours before U.S. intelligence intercepted a chilling encrypted message: \u201cPackage delivery authorized for afternoon transit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"612\" data-end=\"895\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Within minutes, Iranian missile batteries shifted to high alert. Alarm sirens sounded across the Roosevelt as the crew rushed to battle stations, marking the start of a tense 32-minute standoff that underscored rising U.S.\u2013Iran tensions and the fragile security of global oil routes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>In a dangerous escalation in the\u00a0Strait of Hormuz, Iran reportedly launched a missile strike targeting the\u00a0USS Theodore Roosevelt, a nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier and symbol <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=10510\" title=\"Iran Tried to Sink a U.S. Aircraft Carrier\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10511,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10512,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10510\/revisions\/10512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}