According to a report, new footage shows US forces using three Corsair unmanned surface vessels (USVs) for the first time to strike an Iranian coastal installation. The footage shows the vessels speeding toward a submarine repair dock at Bandar Abbas before detonating on impact.
New footage emerged Monday evening, showing three Corsair unmanned surface vessels (USVs) converging on a submarine repair dock at Bandar Abbas before detonating on impact. The visual material provides the first confirmed images of the operation described earlier by the US military and corroborates the use of multiple USVs in the strike.
The timeline of reporting began at 18:10 Jerusalem, when initial claims — citing Abu Ali Express and Israel Hayom — reported that the US had used an unmanned vessel to destroy a submarine maintenance facility, and that three Corsair suicide vessels were involved. By 18:34 Jerusalem, the US military confirmed it had used multiple unmanned vessels for the first time to strike the Bandar Abbas naval base. The new footage now adds visual confirmation to those accounts, showing the specific three-vessel formation.
The strike is part of a broader US campaign against Iranian military targets. As The Zioneer reported Monday at 07:09 Jerusalem, CENTCOM had deployed one-way attack sea drones for the first time in strikes on Iranian heartland targets. Previous background reports also documented US interceptions of Iranian drones in the Strait of Hormuz and Iranian retaliatory fire on US bases in the Gulf.
Several questions remain open. The source of the footage has not been specified, and the full extent of damage to the repair dock and any vessels inside it has not been independently confirmed. Earlier claims that a submarine was destroyed in the strike remain unverified.
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