U.S. Navy fires missiles at cargo ship trying to breach Iran blockade
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A U.S. Navy helicopter fired two Hellfire missiles at a cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman after its crew ignored repeated warnings to turn away from Iranian ports, disabling the vessel and causing a fire, according to U.S. officials. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
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A U.S. military helicopter fired on a merchant vessel trying to traverse the United States’s Strait of Hormuz blockade, the first such instance in weeks. The U.S. fired at the ship’s rudder to disable it after the crew ignored multiple warnings to stop, a U.S. official told the Wall Street Journal.
The U.S. military says its forces fired on a Panamanian-flagged ship in the Gulf of Oman. The ship tried to evade an American blockade on Iranian ports. U.S. Central Command says the vessel ignored warnings, prompting a helicopter to fire…
A U.S. Navy helicopter fired two Hellfire missiles at a cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman after its crew ignored repeated warnings to turn away from Iranian ports, disabling the vessel and causing a fire, according to U.S. officials. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
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