U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) on Thursday announced that U.S. forces used Hellfire missiles to disable a tanker called M/T Jalveer as it attempted to violate the blockade on Iran.
It was the third time in a week that American forces have struck an Indian-crewed tanker that tried to penetrate the blockade line.
CENTCOM said the Jalveer was carrying banned Iranian oil when it tried to sail through the Gulf of Oman. When the ship failed to comply with orders from the blockade force, an American aircraft “fired two Hellfire missiles into the ship’s engine room.”
“Earlier this week, U.S. aircraft disabled Palau-flagged vessels M/T Marivex and M/T…
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