CENTCOM: Tehran’s Gulf of Oman Fleet Wiped Out — ‘ZERO’ Ships Remain as U.S. Hits 1,250+ Targets

Breitbart ^ | 2 Mar 2026 | Joshua Klein

[Skwor]

U.S. Central Command declared Monday that Iran’s naval presence in the Gulf of Oman has been reduced to “ZERO,” announcing that every Iranian warship operating in the strategic waterway at the outset of Operation Epic Fury has been destroyed as American forces struck more than 1,250 targets in the first 48 hours of the campaign.

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: epicfury; iran; iraniannavy

[Skwor]

I am so proud or our Navy showing how important the environment is to them in creating new coral reefs for sustainable aquatic life management.

[Iron Munro]

You mess with the bull you get the horn.

[blitz128]

I realize that technology has vastly changed since gulf 1, but still recall how long it took to take out all the scuds even after air supremacy was established.

The only thing Iran has left is it’s terror weapons, and apparently there are still those within the military that are willing to launch them

Iran has had decades to create protected launch sites, sadly like the scud launchers they will have to be found and eliminated one at a time till they ate gone and those operating them eliminated

[phil00071]

Eleven ships

[maddog55]

I’m sure there’s still a shextload of drone or fast attack boghammars. The Naval fleet is hopefully gone but those small fast attacks will be around.. hopefully no IRGC is dumb enough to use them.

[jonrick46]

Does this elimination of the shipping threat make the shipment of oil safer and stops the hike in oil prices?

[Kudsman]

The big wave is yet to come. Epic Fury indeed.

[Skwor]

That is anyone’s guess

The reality is imo the threat and unrest will cause disruptions as ships decide to delay, avoid etc the area if they can afford to. More impact by just the existence of the threat.

[nathanbedford]

Those targets included Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps headquarters and command-and-control centers, ballistic missile production and launch sites, naval vessels and submarines, anti-ship missile facilities, air defense systems, and communications infrastructure.

At the end of the day, the success or failure of the Iran war will not be judged on eliminating all of the targets listed in the preceding paragraph but upon only one that will, ultimately, determine success or failure: the elimination of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

The war will ultimately be judged on whether there has been an effective regime change or at least a tolerable regime exchange. Regime change probably cannot be accomplished without the elimination of the Revolutionary Guard.

With regime change, all of the benefits will be realized but without it all the downsides of invasions like this will in due Time accrue. Iran under new benign leadership cannot safely coexist as long as the Revolutionary Guard exists.

There is speculation, quite understandable in the circumstances and indeed understandable in view of Trump's efforts to co-op elements of the Venezuelan regime, that some deal with some elements of more secularly oriented parties in Iran, for example elements of the military, is afoot.

That deal would produce a regime exchange rather more than a regime change but one that, although far from a Jeffersonian democracy, would be likely to behave itself among civilized nations and lead us count the war as a brilliant success.

[Ann Archy]

LOL!!!

[Jonty30]

Awesome, if true.

[Jonty30]

A bunker buster each time one is found.

[Skwor]

I reject that the only measure of success in this conflict is regime change, while that is absolutely the best desired outcome if said regime favors us, it is not a soul condition of success.

The removal of Iran’s ability to wage any kind of existential threat, proxy wars and power projection through terrorism are also effective metrics to label this operation as a success.

[Netz]

Any mention of Iranian submarines??

[AppyPappy]

Useless in the Gulf. Too shallow

[databoss]

1,250 ships not enough?

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Remnant of the "fleet":

[maddog55]

It wasn’t 1250 hits on the Iranian Navy.

Despite these significant losses, some Iranian naval assets are still operational, albeit in a compromised state. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) typically employs smaller vessels for agility in coastal areas, which might still be leveraged for defensive operations. However, the overall capability to project power in the Gulf of Oman and Strait of Hormuz has been severely curtailed.

[ClearCase_guy]

At the end of Gettysburg —

General Lee: “General Pickett, you must look to your division.”
General Pickett: “General Lee, I have no division.”

[blitz128]

All true, however eliminating weapons and those loyal to regime are necessary first steps.