The U.S. military says it used missile fire to disable a tanker that was trying to break the naval blockade on Iran. The action is the latest in a series of similar interdictions in the Gulf of Oman this week.
The U.S. military announced at 14:42 Jerusalem time that it disabled a tanker attempting to sail to Iran in defiance of the naval blockade. The action comes as part of a sustained U.S. enforcement campaign in the Gulf of Oman.
As The Zioneer reported earlier today (14:42), this marks at least the third tanker disabled this week in similar circumstances. On June 10, U.S. Central Command struck an oil tanker attempting to breach the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, and on June 8, a U.S. fighter jet disabled an empty tanker heading for Iran in the Gulf of Oman.
The brief announcement did not specify the tanker's name or the precise location of the interdiction. No further details on casualties or damage have been released.
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