US military strikes Iranian drone carrier
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US has destroyed Iranian ‘drone carrier,' CENTCOM commander says
"We hit an Iranian drone carrier ship roughly the size of a World War II aircraft carrier," Adm. Brad Cooper, head of U.S. Central Command, said.
EADaily, . The Iranian naval forces attacked the American aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln located in the waters of the Gulf of Oman.
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Adm. Cooper also said Iranian ballistic missile strikes are down 90% from the first day of the war, and drone strikes are down 83%.
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