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Five more have been listed as \u201cseriously wounded.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. B-2 stealth bombers struck Iran\u2019s hardened ballistic missiles with 2,000-lb. bombs Saturday night, CENTCOM announced in a separate post Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, the U.S. military called the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps\u2019 claim that it struck the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln with ballistic missiles a \u201clie\u201d in a post on X on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Lincoln was not hit. The missiles launched didn\u2019t even come close,\u201d CENTCOM said in the post. \u201cThe Lincoln continues to launch aircraft in support of CENTCOM\u2019s relentless campaign to defend the American people by eliminating threats from the Iranian regime.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lincoln carrier strike group is one of two U.S. aircraft carrier strike groups deployed to the region, alongside the Gerald R. 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