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maanantai 16. maaliskuuta 2026

Iran Sinks $13 Billion USS Gerald Ford by single $20,000 Drone

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  • On March 11th, a single Iranian Shahed-136 drone penetrated the defensive perimeter of the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group in the Persian Gulf.
  • The drone flew 15 meters above the water, below the detection threshold of Aegis radar systems designed to track ballistic missiles. It covered 47 nautical miles in 14 minutes and struck the flight deck at a fuel transfer station. The impact ignited a JP-5 fuel fire that spread to adjacent compartments.
  • Iran Sinks USS Gerald Ford — America's $13 Billion Carrier Is Gone.
  • U.S. Naval Forces Central Command preliminary reports,
  • The Pentagon took four hours to confirm the loss and still has not released a casualty number.


T=1773644406 / Human Date and time (GMT): Monday, 16 March 2026 at 7:00:06

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FLASH/FLASH: Iran’s $20,000 Drone Disabled America’s $13 Billion USS Ford — 5,000 Sailors Evacuating

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On March 11th, a single Iranian Shahed-136 drone penetrated the defensive perimeter of the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group in the Persian Gulf. The drone cost $20,000. The carrier it hit cost $13 billion. That’s a 650,000-to-1 cost ratio. The drone flew 15 meters above the water, below the detection threshold of Aegis radar systems designed to track ballistic missiles. It covered 47 nautical miles in 14 minutes and struck the flight deck at a fuel transfer station. The impact ignited a JP-5 fuel fire that spread to adjacent compartments. Over 400 sailors were evacuated. Flight operations were suspended. The Ford was ordered to withdraw 200+ nautical miles from Iranian coast. This is the first time a U.S. aircraft carrier has been forced to retreat from combat due to enemy fire since Vietnam.



IRAN´s $20,000 Drone Disabled America's $13 Billion USS Ford — 5,000 Sailors Evacuating




https://youtu.be/murdJG1kjFk?si=PWvl0YlOWvijHLED

SOURCE:
https://www.theinteldrop.org/2026/03/13/flash-flash-irans-20000-drone-disabled-americas-13-billion-uss-ford-5000-sailors-evacuating/



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https://youtu.be/2Wggpu3hXvU?si=DUGS42ru-uDLWZQC

16.3.2026
📘 Global Crisis Survival Guide: https://asianguy.gumroad.com/l/llatnl The USS Gerald R. Ford — America's $13 billion aircraft carrier, the most expensive warship ever built in human history — is on the floor of the Persian Gulf. 5,000 American sailors were aboard. The Pentagon took four hours to confirm the loss and still has not released a casualty number. And the deeper story is not just that the ship sank — it is that Iran coordinated three separate weapon types from three separate vectors with an 8-second arrival window, inside every engagement reset window of every defensive system in the strike group simultaneously. Eleven layers of defense. Iran went through all of them. In this video, we break down:
  • How Iran defeated an 11-layer carrier strike group defense with a strike package that required real-time targeting data the carrier group was never supposed to be broadcasting
  • Why the United States cannot replace what it lost on any timeline relevant to this conflict — and what that means for every other carrier still floating
  • What the targeting precision of the strike reveals about an intelligence source that is still active and still feeding Iran data on American assets
  • Why Russia's defense ministry — not foreign ministry — issued a formal response within three hours and what that distinction tells you
  • What China updated across its South China Sea fleet within six hours and what it means for Taiwan
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