{"id":94,"date":"2026-08-06T17:52:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T17:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitolpulsed.com\/?p=94"},"modified":"2026-08-06T17:52:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T17:52:54","slug":"us-navy-delivers-swift-justice-to-defiant-iranian-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitolpulsed.com\/?p=94","title":{"rendered":"US Navy Delivers Swift Justice to Defiant Iranian Ship"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-6027\" class=\"hitmag-single post-6027 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h1>The US Navy just showed the world what real strength looks like.<\/h1>\n<p>President Trump announced that the guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance intercepted the Iranian-flagged cargo ship\u00a0TOUSKA\u00a0in the Gulf of Oman as it tried to bust through America\u2019s naval blockade near the Strait of Hormuz. After six hours of repeated warnings and clear orders to stop, the Iranian crew refused to listen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<h2>So our sailors did what had to be done. They blew a<\/h2>\n<p>hole straight through the engine room with precise shots from the ship\u2019s 5-inch gun, disabling the vessel on the spot. US Marines then boarded and took full custody. No games, no endless talk, just decisive action to enforce the blockade.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<p>Trump put it plainly: the Iranians got fair warning, ignored it, and \u201cit did not go well for them.\u201d The ship is now under American control.<\/p>\n<h2>This is America First leadership in action. Weakness invites chaos. Strength keeps<\/h2>\n<p>enemies in check and protects vital sea lanes. The mullahs in Tehran are learning the hard way that under President Trump, you don\u2019t mess with the US Navy and walk away unscathed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"hm-related-posts\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Navy just showed the world what real strength looks like. President Trump announced that the guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance intercepted the Iranian-flagged cargo ship\u00a0TOUSKA\u00a0in the Gulf of Oman as it tried to bust through America\u2019s naval blockade near the Strait of Hormuz. After six hours of repeated warnings and clear orders to stop, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitolpulsed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitolpulsed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitolpulsed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitolpulsed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitolpulsed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capitolpulsed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96,"href":"https:\/\/capitolpulsed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions\/96"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitolpulsed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/95"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitolpulsed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitolpulsed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitolpulsed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}