“60 Drones, 27 Attack Boats, and Hidden Submarines: The 12 Minutes That Nearly Sank U.S. Warships in the Strait of Hormuz.lh

Onboard the U.S. destroyers USS Porter and USS Laboon, combat information centers erupted into controlled chaos. Threat boards glowed with airborne and surface contacts. Orders rang out: weapons free.

Electronic warfare struck first. Powerful jamming systems flooded the electromagnetic spectrum, attempting to blind navigation signals and sever coordination among the drone swarm.

The results were immediate. Several UAVs spun wildly, colliding midair or plunging into the sea. Yet most pressed on. Iranian engineers had anticipated electronic interference and built redundancy into the attack systems.