Video Shows Moment Hellfire Missile Cripples Tanker Bound for Iran's Kharg Island
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The US military fired a missile at an Iranian oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday. The ship was reportedly bound for Iran.
The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Tuesday that U.S. forces bombed and disabled a tanker bound for the Iranian island of Kharg, after the vessel failed to comply with repeated instructions issued. As reported by the command, the oil tanker M/T Lexie, with the flag of Botswana, was intercepted while sailing through international waters to the island, which is known as one of the main oil export centers of the Iranian regime.
US Forces Disable Botswana-Flagged Tanker Approaching Iranian Island
U.S. forces launched a missile to disable a commercial vessel approaching an Iranian island on June 2, as part of the ongoing blockade of Iranian ports and maritime trade. The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced it had observed the Botswana-flagged crude oil tanker M/T Lexie approaching Kharg Island, an Iranian territorial island and key oil-loading terminal located at the northern end of the Persian Gulf. CENTCOM said the tanker’s crew ign…
Yesterday the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) launched an AGM-114 Hellfire missile against an oil vessel headed for Iran, in the framework of the naval blockade imposed by President Donald Trump to pressure Theran to negotiate an agreement on its terms. The objective was the M/T Lexi, [...] The entry The U.S. Armed Forces launch a Hellfire missile against an oil vessel in the Arabian Gulf appears first in Military Zone.
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