US EditionUS military says Iran threat to Hormuz ‘degraded’
U.S. strikes have hit over 8,000 targets, including 130 Iranian vessels, to counter Iran's blockade and threats disrupting one-fifth of global oil supply, CENTCOM said.
- The United States military said strikes this week degraded Iran’s ability to threaten the Strait of Hormuz.
- The Strait, a key route for about one-fifth of global oil, has been mostly closed off, prompting the U.S. to deploy some of its most powerful bunker-busting bombs.
- Brad Cooper said multiple 5,000-pound bombs were used to hit a fortified underground facility storing cruise missiles and launch systems.
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Washington, 21 Mar (EFE).- The U.S. Armed Forces announced this Saturday that they have weakened Iran’s ability to “threat freedom of navigation” in the Strait of Ormuz after attacking this week an underground arsenal located along the coast of the Islamic Republic. The said facility was used to store anti-ship cruise missiles and other materials, as explained in a video published in networks by the leader of the U.S. Central Command, Brad Coope…
The X video of the US Central Command Commander (ANSA)
The head of the U.S. military command, Admiral Brad Cooper, assured the “destruction” of an underground facility of the regime and intelligence support sites
The US military reduces the Iranian threat in the Strait of Hormuz after bombing a missile facility, affecting trade and oil prices.
"Not only did we destroy the facility, we destroyed the intelligence sites," said Brad Cooper.
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