Pravin Sawhney, Zulfiqar Ali: Iran FIRES at US Carrier; Hormuz WAR Escalates; Warning Shot at America’s Carrier

by Transition Protocol(opens in new tab) [9-6-2026].

Iran fired anti-ship ballistic missiles at a US aircraft carrier and a destroyer in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran says they hit. US Central Command says they missed. Defence analyst Pravin Sawhney says the argument over damage is missing what actually happened — because the target was never the ship. It was the naval blockade.

In this episode Sawhney breaks down why the IRGC’s aerospace command being used against the US Navy for the first time is the real escalation; why a depressed-trajectory anti-ship ballistic missile flies through a seam in the Aegis architecture; why the world’s most powerful navy is structurally the wrong instrument for a hundred-metre waterway; and why he believes Iran’s targeting chain runs through Chinese satellites. He also explains where American logistics in the theatre genuinely break — and why he thinks Iran will never build a nuclear weapon, in direct disagreement with his host.

Pravin Sawhney is a former Indian Army officer and defence analyst with three decades covering the Chinese and Indian militaries and the editor of FORCE newsmagazine. Host Zulfiqar Ali brings reporting from Pakistani strategic channels. Claims sourced to Transition Protocol’s own reporting are identified as such on screen and are not independently confirmed. Where Iranian and US accounts conflict, both are given.

Transition Protocol is a source-driven geopolitical and economic analysis channel covering de-dollarisation, the multipolar order, and the financial consequences of great-power conflict.