In January 2015, Adm. Ali Fadavi of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy claimed his force was capable of sinking American aircraft carriers in the event of war.

The deployment of a US aircraft carrier to Iran’s regional waters is nothing but psychological warfare and part of a plan to intimidate Tehran, the … Iran's Revolutionary Guard launches a large-scale naval and air defence drill near a strategic Gulf waterway, during which a replica of a US aircraft carrier is used as a target With the United States needing a more robust posture against Iran and confronting renewed challenges in Asia and Europe, several immediate measures and concerted longer-term efforts are critical to ensure America has the carriers it needs. For eight months last year, no aircraft carrier strike group plied the region, the longest such interruption this millennium. Iran launched war games across the Gulf on Saturday morning, after a US aircraft carrier entered the strategic waterway. Royal Navy farce: Just ONE aircraft carrier ordered in next decade as Iran goads Britain ROYAL Navy officials have ordered just one aircraft carrier and a …