WASHINGTON — The US military launched a new series of airstrikes Friday, targeting a group of empty tankers in the Strait of Hormuz that were trying to barrel through the blockade of Iranian ports, according to US Central Command.
A US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet struck two empty Iranian tankers that were attempting to break past the American blockade on Tehran’s ports, disabling them both “after firing precision munitions into their smokestacks,” CENTCOM said in a post to X.
Clashes are intensifying in the Strait of Hormuz.
U.S. Central Command has released footage it says shows the moment two Iranian vessels were targeted, amid escalating maritime tensions in the region.
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