Illustrative image. (U.S. Central Command)
United States Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on September 5 that its forces had struck three Iranian crude oil carriers.
The strikes were carried out after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched ballistic missiles toward two U.S. Navy warships patrolling regional waters, the command said in a statement, adding that the U.S. aircraft carrier and guided-missile destroyer successfully evaded multiple unprovoked Iranian attacks and stressing that “no American personnel were harmed.”
According to CENTCOM, the strikes disabled the IRGC crude oil carriers Downy off the coast of Kharg Island and Stark 1 near Jask.
American forces also completely destroyed the unladen crude oil carrier Kylo — also known as the “Noxen” — in the Gulf of Oman, striking the vessel in multiple critical locations to render it inoperable after the crew was directed to abandon ship, the command said.
It further claimed that the three Iranian crude oil tankers are part of a “multibillion-dollar shadow network” that funds the IRGC and its regional allies.
“Let the message to the IRGC be clear: If you shoot at two of our ships, we will impose an even higher economic cost — taking out three of yours,” said Adm. Brad Cooper, CENTCOM commander. “We will not hesitate to defend American forces, and if necessary, destroy Iran’s limited and exposed oil fleet.”
Earlier in the day, Iranian state TV reported that a tanker was struck by four U.S. missiles some ten kilometers away from Kharg Island. It said there were no casualties. No other attacks were reported by the Islamic Republic’s media.
On September 1, CENTCOM struck two Iranian tankers as part of what a U.S. official described to Axios as a new “tanker for tanker” policy. That attack marked the first time the U.S. has targeted Iranian tankers in retaliation for attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, rather than to prevent violations of an American naval blockade.
The latest strikes were likely also carried out in line with the “tanker for tanker” policy, despite CENTCOM reporting that it was a response to an attack on U.S. warships.
The new policy highlights U.S. failure to weaken Iran’s grip on the Strait of Hormuz – a chokepoint for around 20 percent of global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments. Unable to degrade the military capabilities of the Islamic Republic, Washington is now attempting to deter it.
The policy could backfire as Iran retains the ability to target tankers owned by the U.S. and its allies in the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and even beyond. Since the start of the war, the Islamic Republic has made it clear that it will always answer escalation with more escalation.
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iranian penetration achieved!
where are iran’s coward allies (russia & china)?
one word answer for you “beidou”!
they’re penetrating each other and you’ve been left out, loser. 💩
with all the gun owners in the usa, none of them have the courage to oust the orange 🍊 🤡 but for some odd reason when they hear about their guns being taken away the get all angry 😠 smh.
if he had be a child, a woman, or his guard had have only bow and arrow, they had maybe give it a try. iran, russia and china do wrong now. sink the carriers, and end the nazis. now ! they can rot on the island of death and destruction, when their teeth are gone.
revolution is planned, the ice and other paramilitaries will finish off the population and guarantee enslavement. elections will disappear.
i personally don’t own a firearm and that may actually be a good thing.
wtf???? do you think that the mafia will not come for you then?
get ready for a big surprise.
amerikunts have 400 million firearms, supposedly to defend themselves against state tyranny. so what are they waiting for? when will those guns be put to good use?
the true and only goal is now to deprive china of oil. in this hope, then greater israel can rule the planets energy with finance and puppet military. but russia is self sufficient. opps !
“the kremlin says russia’s putin has ordered a halt to all strikes on kiev starting tonight, midnight, for three days to accommodate steve witkoff and jared kushner’s visit to the ukrainian capital. the us envoys are currently in moscow.” (rerum novarum // intel, breaking news, and alerts)” sonar21. like they had welcome for example göring and goebbels under the war. have not to high expectations onto the multipolar world 😂
they save exactly those they should kill. idiots.
after ukraine, they can start to burn through the european population. on orders of their dark lord in washington. morons. kill the rulers and regimes !
russia would not lose a war with europe. europe would simply cease to exist.
adolf hitler rothschilds dream finally ! suicide at all 😂 i have not write that russia would lose a war with europea, but that they are used by the root cause, and that all that not kill the root cause are used by it. they negotiate with the root pigs, and kill kidnapped ! they are a mirror of “us”. no honor at all. slave servants, prefer nice meetings with nazis, and to kill kidnapped.
for to clarify even more, after ukraine are extinct, i of course mean its russia, who will burn through the european population. they are used very similar to germany, and the nazis, financed by prescott bush. they simply do not fight the real enemy, showed by the crime of aggression against iran. it will of course never end, before “us” are taken down.
“don’t become distracted by words in political matters. actions are what matter.” sonar21. or in health care. or in newtons laws. or in “nuclear weapon”. or in the cadavers will rise and walk. or in anything. do you see where this leads ? ok, russia kills kidnapped ukrainans for something “us” have done, and let the slimy things live. the world is global since at least 1914. i told you the language is a lie.
“which is why putin met trump in alaska.
so message to trump – drill , baby drill that tunnel-rail!
tell britain it’s mac-kindergarten is closed!” sonar21. instead, the concentration camp business of building autobahn are opened. confirmation technocrats are insane monsters.
“the russians, chinese, and north koreans don’t want better access to america.” sonar21. yeees, but think about if adolf hitler rothschild had have a underground tunnel into russia, at their back 😂 the last nazi are not yet born.
“no. empire is a mind virus. it has to run its course.
can’t defeat an idea with a bomb.” sonar21. it depends on who you bomb. if you bomb “un”, and bill gates, you do not get mass murder in the hospitals. seems that poison injections are ok for the “idealist”. expose the nazis, and kill them !
its probably a good idea, as soon a war “break out”, to kill the own regime. this bearing strait tunnel is the breaking up of russia, if they do not should manage to kill enough slavs for to cease to exist. they kill the wrong people ! its like a ridiculous scene play, in which they try to hide mass murder in the hospitals, and trick movie in 9/11. iran should continue to blow the nazis to hell, at least logical.