Iran Sent 400 Boats to Trap US Navy... 4 Apaches Erased Them

Added: 2026-06-02

[00:00:00]June 10th, 2026, 0500 hours. The pitch-black crashing waters of the Strait of Hormuz. The digital radar screens inside the Combat Information Center of the USS Roosevelt, an American Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, are suddenly flashing with an apocalyptic amount of hostile contacts.

[00:00:22]The alarm claxons echo through the steel corridors. The ship is under immediate, massive attack. Under the cover of darkness, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy has unleashed its ultimate asymmetric trap. Emerging from hidden coastal coves and commercial fishing ports, a massive swarm of 400 fast-attack craft has completely surrounded the American destroyer. These are not standard patrol boats. They are heavily modified Boghammar speedboats, swarming like angry hornets at blistering speeds exceeding 50 knots.

[00:00:59]They are armed to the teeth with dual-mounted heavy.50 caliber machine guns, armor-piercing rocket-propelled grenades, and they are packed with hundreds of pounds of C4 high explosives. They are kamikaze boats, and they are tightening their circle. The Iranian naval commanders believe they have achieved a perfect, unbreakable checkmate. They know the American destroyer is heavily armed with Tomahawk cruise missiles and the Phalanx automated gun, but they also know the terrifying physics of naval combat.

[00:01:31]Because the 400 boats have closed the distance to just a few hundred yards, the captain of the USS Roosevelt cannot fire his heavy weapons. If he unleashes a massive anti-ship missile or heavy artillery at boats parked directly next to his own ship, the explosive blast radius and the supersonic shrapnel will rip through his own hull. The destroyer would inflict catastrophic damage upon itself. The Iranian commanders grin in their command centers. They believe they have trapped a multi-billion dollar American warship without firing a single shot, preparing to hold the vessel and its crew hostage to dictate the global energy market. They are about to learn a very bloody, terrifying lesson about the long reach of the United States Army Aviation. The United States Navy does not panic. They pick up a secure, encrypted data link to the USS [music] Lewis B. Puller, a massive expeditionary mobile base ship operating just 50 mi away in international waters. They do not request fighter jets. Fighter jets fly too fast to effectively hunt hundreds of tiny boats in the dark. They request the undisputed, heavily armored king of the sky. Four American AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters are immediately scrambled from the flight deck. This is the story of the morning the United States military flew four attack helicopters just feet above the ocean waves and unleashed an absolute hurricane of Hellfire missiles and 30-mm heavy metal to completely erase a 400 boat armada in exactly 15 minutes. To understand the sheer surgical devastation that is about to rain down upon the Iranian swarm, we must look at the mechanical monsters currently slicing through the dark morning air.

[00:03:29]The AH-64E Apache Guardian is not just a helicopter. It is a flying, heavily armored supercomputer strapped to a massive arsenal of heavy weaponry. The four Apaches screaming toward the USS Roosevelt are carrying a completely terrifying, maximum loadout payload.

[00:03:50]Each helicopter is with 16 AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-surface missiles mounted on its stub wings.

[00:03:59]Furthermore, they are carrying 1,200 rounds of high-explosive 30-mm ammunition for the legendary M230 chain gun mounted directly under the chin of the aircraft. But, heavy weapons mean absolutely nothing if you cannot find and track the enemy in the dark. The true terror of the Apache Guardian, the reason it is feared by militaries around the globe, is sits on top of the main rotor blade. The AN/APG-78 Longbow fire control radar. This massive dome-shaped radar can scan a huge area of the battlefield, track up to 128 targets simultaneously, and instantly prioritize the top 16 most dangerous threats for the pilot, all in a matter of seconds. Before we push forward into the combat zone and witness the absolute destruction of the Iranian swarm, it is time for a quick tactical quiz. The 30-mm chain gun under the nose of the Apache is famous for its incredible deadly accuracy. Do you know exactly how the gunner aims this massive weapon during a chaotic combat engagement? Is it A, using a traditional joystick and targeting monitor? B, the gun physically follows the exact movement of the gunner's head and eyes? Or C, it relies entirely on pre-programmed GPS coordinates? Drop your tactical knowledge in the comments right now, and I will reveal the incredible answer at the end of the video. Back in the Strait of Hormuz, the sun is just beginning to crack over the horizon. The situation for the USS Roosevelt is critical. The 400 Iranian fast attack [music] boats are tightening the noose, preparing to deploy boarding parties.

[00:05:49]Suddenly, the deafening roar of twin turboshaft engines echoes across the water. To avoid the enemy's shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles and coastal radar installations, the American pilots execute a highly aggressive wave-top tactical approach.

[00:06:06]They drop the heavy attack helicopters down to an incredibly dangerous altitude of just 20 ft above the ocean surface.

[00:06:15]They are flying so low that the salt spray from the crashing waves washes over their cockpits.

[00:06:21]At a distance of exactly 5 mi, the Longbow radars on top of the Apaches pop up over the radar horizon. Instantly, the digital screens inside the cockpits are populated with hundreds of red hostile targets. The computers calculate the trajectories, categorize the fastest-moving boats, and share the target data instantly across all four helicopters via a secure, encrypted tactical data link. They are operating as a single, lethal hive mind. The engagement begins with a terrifying display of standoff firepower. The flight leader issues the firing command, "Ripple fire." From the weapon pylons of the four hovering Apaches, 64 Hellfire missiles are unleashed in a matter of seconds. The heavy missiles streak across the blue water, leaving thick, blinding white smoke trails behind them.

[00:07:15]They're guided by highly advanced millimeter-wave radar. The pilots do not need to hold a laser on the target. They are completely fire and forget. The impact is absolutely apocalyptic.

[00:07:29]64 massive, hyper-saturated fireballs erupt simultaneously across the ocean surface in a perfect ring around the American destroyer. The Iranian speedboats are not just damaged, they are completely vaporized by the high explosive anti-tank warheads. Water, fire, twisted metal, and shattered fiberglass are thrown hundreds of feet into the morning air. The sheer shock and awe of the hellfire barrage immediately breaks the enemy encirclement. The Iranian commanders are thrown into absolute blinding panic.

[00:08:05]Their impenetrable hostage situation has just been shattered. They look to the sky and see four dark green helicopters hovering ominously above the crashing waves like angels of death. The Apaches do not stop. Having expended their heavy missiles, the pilots push their throttles forward, banking aggressively and accelerating directly into the center of the remaining swarm. It is time for the chain guns. The M230 30-mm chain gun fires at a devastating rate of 625 rounds per minute. As the Apaches bank and weave over the boats, the gunners unleash an absolute storm of heavy metal. Because the Apaches are hovering directly over the enemy boats, firing straight down, the collateral damage risk to the American destroyer is completely eliminated. It is surgical kinetic perfection. The high explosive dual-purpose rounds smash through the thin fiberglass hulls of the Boghammar speedboats like wet tissue paper. The enemy heavy machine guns are silenced instantly. The heavy outboard motors of the enemy boats are shredded into pieces, instantly igniting their fuel tanks and creating massive secondary explosions all over the water. The Apache gunners are ruthlessly, surgically efficient. They hover, pivot, and fire, walking their heavy tracers across the remaining boats. It is a completely one-sided slaughter. The remaining Iranian forces realize that capturing the American ship is a total impossibility. They attempt to turn their boats around, pushing their throttles to maximum, and scatter into the open ocean to flee toward the coastline. But, you cannot outrun an Apache Guardian. The Apaches give chase, hunting down the fleeing boats one by one like wolves hunting sheep. The 30-mm cannons continue to roar, leaving nothing but burning debris in their wake. In exactly 15 minutes of sustained, overwhelming, and highly coordinated combat, the ocean falls completely silent. The terrifying swarm of 400 fast attack boats, the weapon that was supposed to humiliate the United States Navy, is permanently eliminated. The surface of the Persian Gulf is littered for miles with burning debris, oil slicks, and sinking fiberglass. The entire enemy attack force is officially, completely neutralized. Total enemy naval threat level, zero. The four Apaches, their gun barrels literally smoking in the hot morning air, pull up from the ocean deck. They circle the USS Roosevelt in a wide orbit, ensuring the perimeter is totally secure before banking away and turning back toward their floating base.

[00:11:00]The American destroyer sounds its mighty horn in a massive salute to the Army aviators, entirely unharmed and ready to continue its mission. The global energy markets, which had briefly panicked at the news of the encirclement, instantly stabilize as the United States military proves once again that it controls the maritime choke points of the world. And for those of you who guessed B in our earlier tactical quiz, you are absolutely correct. The Apache gunner wears a highly advanced piece of technology called the integrated helmet and display sighting system. Wherever the gunner looks, the massive 30-mm chain gun under the helicopter instantly swivels to follow the exact movement of their head, allowing them to simply look at a target and completely destroy it.

[00:11:50]What you have just watched is a highly classified tactical war game simulation based on the verified capabilities of the AH-64E Apache Guardian, Hellfire missile ballistics, and known fast attack swarm doctrines in the Persian Gulf. This is an educational analysis of modern military capabilities and geopolitical scenarios. What is your tactical assessment of this massive helicopter engagement? Do you believe the AH-64 Apache is still the most lethal and capable attack helicopter in the world today? Let me know your deep tactical thoughts and military analysis in the comments below. If you thought this naval ambush was intense, you absolutely will not want to miss our next massive battle simulation. Next time, we are looking at the ultimate, completely classified strike from space.

[00:12:40]What happens when an enemy builds a 10 billion-dollar nuclear facility deep underground and the United States responds by dropping a massive tungsten rod from orbit. It is going to be a master class in next generation kinetic warfare. Make sure you are subscribed and have notifications turned on. You will not want to miss it.