00:16Three American warships, one narrow strait, and Iran just fired everything it had. Ballistic
00:23missiles, cruise missiles, suicide drones, and swarming fast attack boats. But what exactly did
00:29Iran launch? Because the weapons it shows tell you everything about how it planned to sink a U.S.
00:35Navy destroyer. The College Fars, which literally translates to Persian Gulf, is Iran's flagship
00:41ship killer, built for one purpose, destroying large warships in confined waters. Check these
00:48numbers. College Fars, anti-ship ballistic missile, ASBM, primary, range, approximately 300 kilometers,
00:56terminal speed Mach 3 to 4, warhead 650 kilograms. Iran's own claim immune to interception,
01:06dives near vertically at hypersonic speed onto moving ship decks. It locks onto a moving ship
01:12using an infrared seeker and then dives almost vertically at Mach 3 to 4. The Aegis system was
01:19designed for threats coming horizontally. A near vertical diving warhead at that speed is a
01:24fundamentally different problem. Next, the Hormuz 1 and Hormuz 2. Same Fateh missile family,
01:31different kill mission. Hormuz 1, anti-radar and naval strike. Range, approximately 300 kilometers.
01:39Speed, Mach 4 to 5. Hormuz 1 target, ship radars. Hormuz 2 target, hull and systems. Hormuz 1 designed to
01:49blind the ship's radar first, then Hormuz 2 follows through the hole it created. That sequencing is the
01:56terrifying part. Blind the radar, then kill the ship. One missile sets up the kill, the other
02:02delivers it. Iran has been refining this one-two punch doctrine for years, specifically for the
02:08strait. And then the newer and Qadir cruise missiles, sea skimming, flying just meters above
02:14the waterline to dodge radar. These aren't the big, flashy kill shots. They're the first wave, designed
02:20to saturate and exhaust the ship's defenses before the ballistic missiles arrive. Layer on top of that,
02:26Shahed-type suicide drones swarming from multiple directions simultaneously. Every missile your defense
02:33system fires at a drone is one less missile it has for the Khalij Fars coming in 30 seconds later.
02:39That's the math Iran is betting on. Overwhelm. Exhaust. Penetrate. CENTCOM says Aegis intercepted
02:47everything. SM-2s, SM-6s, ESSM, CIWS, electronic warfare, Apache support. The destroyers completed
02:56their transit. No damage. Iran says the opposite. The truth of what happened in those 21 miles is still
03:03disputed. But what isn't disputed, Iran just fired some of its most sophisticated anti-ships.
03:09weapons at active U.S. Navy warships in broad engagement. The arsenal is real. The doctrine
03:16is real. And the Strait of Hormuz just became the most dangerous 21 miles on Earth.
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