By The FirstCan Iran actually sink a U.S. aircraft carrier? Mike Baker speaks with military analyst Ryan McBeth about Tehran’s anti-ship missile capabilities, how real the threat is to U.S. naval forces in the region, and what would actually have to happen for a carrier strike group to be taken out of the fight
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Thumb: Mike and Jan Jekielek. Stark hospital imagery — surgical light, operating table, gloved hand with a scalpel. Faded Chinese flag texture
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Thumb: Mike and Admiral Studeman. A swarm of Iranian Shaheed drones. The USS Abraham Lincoln.
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