Arabian Sea — At 3:40 AM, the dead calm of the Arabian Sea was shattered when Iranian submarines loosed a spread of torpedoes at the US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln — and the most remarkable thing, officers say, is that the US strike group “never even blinked.” According to defence sources, two diesel‑electric subs slipped into firing position under cover of heavy commercial traffic, launching multiple heavyweight torpedoes toward the carrier’s projected track.

Within seconds, passive sonar on escorting destroyers picked up the incoming roar.

Alarms sounded, but there was no panic: the carrier turned smoothly into a rehearsed evasive pattern as decoys splashed into the water and anti‑torpedo countermeasures activated.