"The Land and Sea Will Become Graves"... Iran Fires Four Ballistic Missiles at U.S. Carrier Abraham Lincoln [U.S.-Iran Airstrikes]

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched ballistic missiles at a US aircraft carrier operating in the Middle Eastern waters of the Gulf of Oman in the afternoon of March 1 (local time), according to a report by Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency.

This photo provided by the United States Central Command shows an F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet taking off from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) on Saturday, February 28, 2026, in support of Operation Epic Fury. Photo by AP Yonhap News

The IRGC claimed, “The proud Iranian military has attacked the American and Zionist (Israeli) enemies, and the US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln was hit by four ballistic missiles.”

The IRGC emphasized, “We are conducting a powerful strike targeting the exhausted enemy’s military forces,” adding, “Both land and sea will become the graveyard of the invading terrorists.”

The United States has not yet issued an official response, including from Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees US military operations in the Middle East.

On Sunday, March 1, 2026, at a symbolic funeral held in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Iraqi Shia worshippers held up pictures of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who died in Tehran due to a U.S. airstrike. Photo by AP Yonhap News

The US military, anticipating joint attacks by Israel and Iran, had deployed the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG-3), led by the USS Abraham Lincoln, and the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (CSG-12), led by the USS Gerald R. Ford, to waters in the Middle East several weeks prior to prepare for military operations.

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