Fattah hypersonic specs revealed: Is Iran’s new glide vehicle a ‘carrier killer’ or psychological warfare?

In a provocative escalation of rhetoric, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a stern warning to Washington on February 17. He claimed that Iran has the “weapon” needed to send US aircraft carriers to the “bottom of the sea.” These remarks followed reports of the US Navy deploying the USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike groups near Iran. While Khamenei did not specify a particular platform, military analysts believed his message highlights Iran’s “Anti-Access/Area Denial” (A2/AD) strategy, which aims to control the Strait of Hormuz. The hypersonic threat: Fattah-1 and Fattah-2 The strongest candidate for…