U.S. strikes Iranian missile sites, defense systems and reinstates port blockade
U.S. forces completed another round of strikes against Iranian targets, the Central Command said late Tuesday, as the order to resume its naval blockade of Iranian ports in and around the Strait of Hormuz took effect. The seven-hour strikes, which had started at 3 p.m. ET, hit dozens of military targets near the Strait of Hormuz and Iranian coastal areas, Centcom said in an X post.
- ▪U.S. forces completed another round of strikes against Iranian targets, the Central Command said late Tuesday, as the order to resume its naval blockade of Iranian ports in and around the Strait of Hormuz took effect.
- ▪The seven-hour strikes, which had started at 3 p.m.
- ▪ET, hit dozens of military targets near the Strait of Hormuz and Iranian coastal areas, Centcom said in an X post.
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U.S. forces completed another round of strikes against Iranian targets, the Central Command said late Tuesday, as the order to resume its naval blockade of Iranian ports in and around the Strait of Hormuz took effect. The seven-hour strikes, which had started at 3 p.m. ET, hit dozens of military targets near the Strait of Hormuz and Iranian coastal areas, Centcom said in an X post. American fighter aircraft, drones, and naval vessels launched precision munitions against Iranian missile and drone sites, naval facilities, and coastal defense systems, further devastating Iran's ability to threaten commercial shipping through the critical waterway, according to Centcom. The strikes took place as the U.S. naval blockade in the Gulf of Oman resumed at 4 p.m. ET.
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