US Military Says It Shot Down Iranian Drones Launched Toward Strait of Hormuz
CENTCOM said the drones posed an immediate threat to maritime traffic, and the follow-on strikes targeted radar sites to prevent further attacks.
- On Friday, U.S. Central Command shot down four Iranian drones near the Strait of Hormuz, then struck coastal surveillance radar sites in Goruk and on Qeshm Island to "defend against further attacks," Centcom said.
- The drones posed an "immediate threat to regional maritime traffic," Centcom said, following broader escalations that damaged Kuwait's main airport terminal earlier this week, killing one person.
- Enforcing a blockade on Iranian ports, the U.S. military confronts military adviser Mohsen Rezaei's warning that Washington would "enter into a dark corridor" if kinetic action restarts, citing negotiation deadlock.
- President Donald Trump stated Friday that "the situation with Iran seems to be going quite well," maintaining the conflict will end through diplomacy or a "more difficult way."
- Regional fighting in Lebanon, where Israeli forces have seized southern territory, complicates efforts to end the Iran war, even as officials tout a ceasefire recently brokered in Washington.
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Iran, US exchange missile and drone fire, testing fragile ceasefire
The fragile truce between the US and Iran has come under further stress in the Gulf, with American forces striking Iranian drones and radar sites, and Iran firing missiles at US bases in the Gulf.
The US military attacked four radar stations off the Iranian coast and shot down several Iranian drones that were allegedly flying towards ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran responded by launching seven missiles at US military facilities in Kuwait and Bahrain, but they did not reach their targets, foreign news agencies reported.
U.S. military strikes Iranian radar sites
Washington, June 6 (SANA) The U.S. military says it carried out strikes on Iranian radar sites in what it called a defensive action after Iran launched four attack drones toward the Strait of Hormuz. The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said via platform (X)on Saturday that US forces “shot down four drones launched towards the Strait of Hormuz“, which constituted “a direct threat to regional maritime traffic”.The US military said that the Iranian co…
The US is shooting Iranian drones near the Strait of Hormus. In addition, the military is attacking radar positions. Tehran's response indicates new risks.
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