US forces strike Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in first military action in weeks
CENTCOM said the launchers were preparing to fire sea mines into the strait, and the strike followed a week of mine-clearing operations.
- U.S. forces conducted targeted airstrikes against two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island near the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
- A U.S. official stated that the strikes were launched after Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel were observed preparing the launchers to fire naval mines into international shipping lanes.
- The operation marks the first direct U.S. military action against Iranian positions along the waterway in roughly a month.
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confirmed the strike by American forces and reported that several soldiers were killed and injured during the attack.
- The military action underscores ongoing tensions over control of the energy chokepoint as Washington continues escorting commercial vessels while enforcing maritime security measures.
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U.S. launches first strikes against Iran in a month
(NBC)- The U.S. military has launched its first strikes against Iran in a month, marking a renewed military escalation after the conflict had increasingly shifted toward economic pressure. U.S. Central Command said the limited action was carried out to prevent Iranian forces from laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz and was aimed at stopping what it described as an...
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