Reuters:

The era of aircraft carriers is coming to an end; the USS Abraham Lincoln is leaving the Persian Gulf in a deplorable state.

Reuters:

Iran has proven with its military genius that aircraft carriers are no longer “impregnable fortresses” but simply large and expensive targets.

CNN:

A national blow; How can a $13 billion asset be rendered inoperable in a matter of minutes?

CNN:

The return of the USS Abraham Lincoln to the United States in this condition is the biggest blow to the prestige of the American military since the Vietnam War.

Sputnik:

A legend is dead; the Abraham Lincoln came to threaten, but returns as a pile of floating debris.

AFP:

Pentagon panic; With the departure of the USS Abraham Lincoln, the balance of power in West Asia has definitely shifted in Iran’s favor.

AFP:

America’s allies are terrified; if America’s largest warship cannot protect itself against Iran, no one can count on American support.

Telegraph:

This defeat will go down in history as “the moment of the collapse of Western naval supremacy.”