US aircraft disables cargo vessel in Gulf of Oman, military says
US Central Command says the crew ignored repeated warnings and attempted to breach the blockade of Iran before the aircraft struck the vessel on 7 November.
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US Central Command says the crew ignored repeated warnings and attempted to breach the blockade of Iran before the aircraft struck the vessel on 7 November.
A US military aircraft disabled a commercial cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman on 7 November after it repeatedly attempted to violate the US naval blockade of Iran, US Central Command said. The blockade had been in place for months.
The St. Kitts-flagged vessel had visited an Iranian port and was trying to leave regional waters, the command said. US forces told its civilian crew to leave the areas targeted before the aircraft fired precision munitions at the stern, or rear, of the ship. The command said the crew had ignored repeated warnings.
Central Command estimated that the blockade had prevented Iran from exporting more than $25 billion in crude oil. The US military also said it was launching a task force to crack down on Iran’s movement of advanced weapons and other sanctioned material across its land borders and through the Caspian Sea.
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