Iran Fires Al-Qadr Missile at US Aircraft Carrier in Strait of Hormuz – 9-Minute American Retaliation nt
In the early hours of a tense morning, the Strait of Hormuz became the focal point of a significant military confrontation.
At 5:47 a.m. local time, a Khalij Fars anti-ship ballistic missile launched from a camouflaged transporter erector launcher hidden within an irrigation tunnel, 11 miles northeast of Bandar Abbas.
The missile’s booster ignited, propelling it into the gray pre-dawn sky at speeds exceeding Mach 3—three times the speed of sound.
Its target: the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier displacing 97,000 tons, currently steaming 40 nautical miles south of the Iranian coastline.
