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This attempted strike was not just a failure of Iranian weaponry, but a failure of their tactical imagination. They had underestimated the integration of the American fleet, the speed of its intelligence apparatus, and the iron-clad discipline of its crews. The Roosevelt remains a floating fortress, a testament to naval engineering and human resilience. As the carrier finally cleared the Strait and moved into the open waters of the Arabian Sea, the crew stood down from battle stations. The shouting had stopped, the alarms were silent, but the intensity of those thirty-two minutes stayed with them—a stark reminder that in the high-stakes game of military chess, there is no room for error, and the price of a miscalculation is measured in more than just sunken steel.
