Strait of Hormuz – The Iranian navy has been effectively annihilated. In a devastating 90-minute operation on March 21, 2026, U.S. forces completely destroyed 17 Iranian warships and fast attack craft attempting to enforce Tehran’s illegal blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

American F/A-18 Super Hornets, AH-64 Apache helicopters, and Arleigh Burke-class destroyers unleashed overwhelming firepower on the IRGC naval flotilla. The once-aggressive Iranian vessels were systematically turned into burning wrecks, with thick black smoke rising from the waters as multiple ships sank rapidly. U.S. Central Command confirmed the strikes neutralized the last significant surface threat Iran had in the critical waterway.

This decisive action has shattered Iran’s ability to close or control the Strait of Hormuz — the chokepoint through which nearly 20% of the world’s oil supply flows. Commercial tankers are already resuming safe pᴀssage under American naval protection.

Iranian state media has gone almost completely silent, with only vague references to “martyrdom at sea.” The regime that boasted it would strangle global energy supplies has lost its naval enforcement capability in a single afternoon.

President Trump commented briefly: “They tried to close the strait. We just closed their navy. Problem solved.”

With the destruction of 17 warships in one operation, Iran’s naval power in the Persian Gulf has been reduced to near zero. The strategic balance has shifted dramatically in America’s favor.

The message to the ayatollahs in Tehran is now brutally final:
Your blockade is over.
Your navy is finished.
And your threats to the world’s energy security have been answered with overwhelming American force.

The Strait of Hormuz is open — and it will stay that way.