Editors note: this is a developing story. The U.S. struck Iranian missile, drone and radar sites on Friday, U.S. Central Command said, in what the military described as a response to Iran’s attack on a Singapore-flagged cargo ship sailing the Strait of Hormuz. The attacks came after Iran struck the M/V Ever Lovely with a…
U.S. military forces intercepted and incapacitated an Iranian-flagged unladen oil tanker Wednesday that was sailing toward an Iranian port in violation of the U.S. Navy blockade, the service announced. U.S. Central Command military forces observed the M/T Hasna transiting in the direction of the Gulf of Oman and issued multiple warnings before taking action, according…
WASHINGTON — As the US unfurls a multi-layered plan to help commercial vessels safely transit the Strait of Hormuz, analysts tell Breaking Defense it will likely take time for commercial shipping companies to feel safe enough to move through the waters — with US forces carrying a greater risk in the interim. The US officially…
President Donald Trump said on Sunday the U.S. would start an effort on Monday morning to free ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz as a “humanitarian gesture” to aid neutral countries in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. Trump provided few details about the plan, which he said would aid ships and their crews that…
WASHINGTON — For the first time since 2003, three aircraft carriers and their accompanying strike groups are now operating in the Middle East, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said. After leaving Naval Station Norfolk in March, the aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush arrived in the Middle East on Thursday, according to CENTCOM, where it joins both…
Three U.S. aircraft carriers are operating simultaneously in the Middle East for the first time since 2003, U.S. Central Command said on Friday, marking the largest concentration of naval power in the region in decades. The USS Abraham Lincoln, USS Gerald R. Ford and USS George H.W. Bush are currently operating in the area’s waterways,…
