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        "id": 1581561,
        "msgid": "us-denies-uss-abraham-lincoln-sunk-by-iran-1772450213",
        "date": "2026-03-02 16:47:00",
        "title": "US Denies USS Abraham Lincoln Sunk by Iran",
        "author": "Irvan Sihombing",
        "source": "MEDIA_INDONESIA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "The US Central Command (CENTCOM) has refuted Iranian claims that it successfully attacked the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier with ballistic missiles, stating the ship was not hit and missiles fell far short. In the escalating military campaign dubbed Operation Epic Fury, which began on 28 February following US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran, CENTCOM reported that American forces targeted over 1,000 Iranian military objectives, including Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) headquarters, whilst President Donald Trump claimed nine Iranian naval vessels were sunk and most of the Iranian navy's command centres destroyed.",
        "content": "<p>The brutal and deadly assault by Israel and the United States on Iran\non Saturday, 28 February, shocked the world.<\/p>\n<p>The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) has confirmed that Iran\u2019s\nclaim of having attacked the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier with\nballistic missiles is false. \u201cThe Lincoln aircraft carrier was not hit.\nThe missiles that were launched fell far short of the aircraft carrier,\u201d\nCENTCOM stated. The command centre added that three US military\npersonnel were killed and five others were seriously wounded in the\nmilitary operation against Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The US and Israel launched large-scale airstrikes against Iran on\nSaturday morning, triggering retaliation from Tehran, which unleashed\nwaves of missiles and drones towards Israeli territory and US military\nbases in the Persian Gulf region.<\/p>\n<p>US Central Command also disclosed on Sunday that American forces\ntargeted Iran\u2019s Jamaran-class corvette ship at the beginning of the\nmilitary campaign named Operation Epic Fury, which was launched on\nSaturday, 28 February, local time. \u201cThe ship is currently sinking to the\nbottom of the Gulf of Oman at a dock in Chabahar,\u201d CENTCOM stated.<\/p>\n<p>Since the operation began, the US military has launched attacks\nagainst over 1,000 targets in Iran, including the headquarters of Iran\u2019s\nIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). On Saturday evening, the US\nAir Force\u2019s B-2 stealth bomber, armed with 2,000-pound bombs, struck\nIran\u2019s heavily fortified ballistic missile facilities, CENTCOM\nadded.<\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump claimed on Sunday, 1 March, that American\nforces have sunk nine Iranian warships and destroyed most of Iran\u2019s\nnaval command headquarters. \u201cWe have destroyed and sunk nine Iranian\nNavy ships, some of which are relatively large and important. In a\nseparate strike, we destroyed most of their naval command centre,\u201d Trump\nwrote on Truth Social, according to Xinhua.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also stated that the US military is now pursuing Iran\u2019s\nremaining naval fleet. Previously, on Sunday, 1 March, he told Fox News\nthat 48 senior Iranian officials were killed in the US-Israeli strike on\nIran.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/us-denies-uss-abraham-lincoln-sunk-by-iran-1772450213",
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