Svmuu News: U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has issued a statement and released a video announcing that the U.S. military has launched a new round of offensive strikes against Iran, using precision-guided munitions to strike more than 80 targets in “direct response to Iran’s recent attacks on commercial vessels navigating the Strait of Hormuz.”
The statement said the strikes targeted Iran’s air defense systems, command-and-control networks, coastal radar sites, and anti-ship missile capabilities; in addition, more than 60 small vessels belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were destroyed in the Strait and surrounding waters. The U.S. military noted that Iran had previously attacked three merchant ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz: the Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker “Al-Rikayat,” the Saudi Arabian-flagged oil tanker “Wadian,” and the Liberian-flagged oil tanker “Cyprus Prosperity.” U.S. Central Command forces remain on high alert, and “should Iran fail to comply with or violate the agreement, the U.S. will hold it accountable at any time.” (Jin Shi)