In the early hours of a tense morning, the USS Abraham Lincoln was patrolling the southern edge of the Zagros Mountains when a senior sensor analyst made a startling discovery.

Through the eyes of a loitering RQ-180 stealth drone, an anomaly was detected at sector 7 Delta, located 400 feet below the rubble of a recently leveled base.

Spectral analysis confirmed the presence of uranium-235 particulates in the ventilation exhaust, revealing that Iran had constructed not just a decoy base but a hidden laboratory beneath it.

This shocking revelation sent ripples through Central Command, as it became clear that the previous strike, which had targeted coastal fastboat docks, was merely a prelude to a much larger threat.