US military hits 3 Iranian oil tankers after saying Navy warships were targeted with missiles
CENTCOM said the vessels funded the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its proxies after Iran fired ballistic missiles at U.S. Navy warships.
- On Saturday, U.S. Central Command forces struck three Iranian oil tankers in regional waters in retaliation for ballistic missile attacks by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps against two US Navy warships.
- The US military stated that these vessels were part of "a multibillion-dollar shadow network" that funds the IRGC and its regional proxies, serving as a primary financial lifeline for the Iranian military organization.
- Confirmed by CENTCOM, US forces "permanently disabled" the M/T Downy off Kharg Island and the M/T Stark 1 near Jask, while the unladen M/T Kylo was "completely destroyed" in the Gulf of Oman.
- Threatening that retaliation would be "more severe than before," Iran countered CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper, who warned, "We will impose an even higher economic cost."
- With gasoline prices expected to hit $4.03, this incident marks a dangerous escalation in the six-month conflict, during which President Donald Trump described the ongoing hostilities as "small potatoes," dismissing concerns of an active war.
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A new naval strike between the US and Iran. On videos released by the US Army, attacks on tankers can be seen.
The "M/T Kylo" was hit in several places and went down, two more tankers were made unusable, one of them in front of the strategically important island of Kharg.
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