Unverified reports circulating on Telegram Tuesday night claim that a hypersonic missile (Khatam 2) struck a US Navy destroyer in the Strait of Hormuz. The claim coincides with reports that the first wave of strikes in the area has ended. Neither the US military nor independent sources have confirmed the incident.
Unverified Telegram reports from Tuesday night now identify the weapon as a Khatam 2 hypersonic missile, claiming it struck a US Navy destroyer in the Strait of Hormuz. This follows earlier unconfirmed claims of an attack on a US destroyer and a US base in Iraq, as reported by The Zioneer at 22:03 UTC. A separate channel reported that the first wave of strikes in the area has ended. The US military has not commented, and no emergency signals or damage assessments from US naval assets have been detected.
The Zioneer's thread on this incident began at 22:03 UTC with initial reports of anti-ship missiles fired toward US warships and unconfirmed US strikes inside Iran. One minute later, a single Arabic-language source claimed cruise missiles and suicide drones were attacking US warships, with additional explosions reported in Bandar Abbas. At the same timestamp, a different Arabic source reported that Iranian missiles had struck a US destroyer — still unconfirmed. Also at 22:03 UTC, Iranian sources claimed a strike on a US destroyer and a US base in Iraq, while the hacker group Khanzala threatened a joint cyber attack with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Across this thread, each claim originated from a single or limited set of sources, with corroboration failing to broaden; no US, Israeli, or independent confirmation has appeared at any stage.
The escalated maritime confrontation in the Strait of Hormuz has been building over recent days. As The Zioneer reported on June 10, CENTCOM struck an oil tanker attempting to breach the naval blockade, and on June 7, the US military intercepted two Iranian drones threatening the shipping lanes. A second wave of US strikes targeting Iranian air defenses and radar systems was reported on June 9. The Khatam 2 is an Iranian-declared hypersonic system whose operational use in combat has never been confirmed.
The central claim — that a Khatam 2 hypersonic missile struck a US Navy destroyer — remains unverified. No US military statement, no independent imagery, and no emergency communications from US naval assets have been observed. The identity and number of channels reporting the claim have not expanded beyond the initial set.
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