This picture offered by U.S. Central Command reveals Navy sailors transferring ordnance on the flight deck of Nimitz-class plane service USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) on February 27, 2026. Picture: U.S. Navy by way of AP
U.S. President Donald Trump introduced on Sunday (March 1, 2026) that the U.S. navy was sinking Iran’s Navy, having destroyed 9 Iranian warships so far and “going after the remainder.”
Mr. Trump made the announcement in a social media put up because the Pentagon intensified its bombings of Iran’s navy, deploying B-2 stealth bombers from the U.S. to strike at hardened, underground Iranian missile services with 2,000-lb bombs.
Iran-Israel battle updates on March 1, 2026
U.S. strikes additionally pummeled Iran’s naval headquarters, largely destroying it, Trump mentioned.
Iran’s Navy is retaliating with a whole bunch of missile and drone assaults, and the U.S. confirmed the primary three deaths of U.S. servicemembers killed in fight on Sunday. One other 5 have been significantly wounded throughout the battle, the U.S. navy’s Central Command mentioned.
Mr. Trump, who introduced plans to fully destroy Iran’s Navy, mentioned the remaining Iranian warships would quickly be sunk.
“They may quickly be floating on the backside of the sea,” Mr. Trump mentioned.
“Apart from that, their Navy is doing very nicely!”
Printed – March 02, 2026 01:48 am IST