Reuters: The era of aircraft carriers is coming to an end; 🇺🇸 USS Abraham Lincoln limps out of the Persian Gulf.
Reuters: With its military ingenuity, Iran 🇮🇷 has proven that aircraft carriers are no longer “invincible fortresses,” but merely large and expensive targets.
CNN: The return of USS Abraham Lincoln to the United States 🇺🇸 in this condition is the biggest blow to the reputation of the U.S. military since the Vietnam War.
Sputnik: The legend is dead; 🇺🇸 Abraham Lincoln arrived to threaten, but is returning as a floating pile of scrap.
AFP (Agence France-Presse): Panic in the Pentagon; with the withdrawal of USS Abraham Lincoln, the balance of power in West Asia has definitively shifted in favor of Iran. No one can rely on American protection anymore.
The Telegraph: This defeat will go down in history as “the moment when Western naval dominance faltered.”
The extent to which Iran has already destroyed the military of the United States cannot be overstated.
