The U.S. military says it disables a Gambia-flagged cargo vessel, the Lian Star, in the Gulf of Oman after the ship attempts to breach a U.S.-led maritime blockade on Iran. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) says the incident occurs on May 29, with the vessel transiting international waters while heading toward an Iranian port. According to CENTCOM, U.S. forces issue multiple warnings to the ship—described as more than 20—informing it that it is violating the blockade. The U.S. statement says an American aircraft fires an AGM-114 Hellfire missile into the vessel’s engine room after the ship continues its attempt to move through the area. After the strike, the ship is left disabled and adrift. Both reports characterize the action as a response to the ship’s repeated efforts to reach Iran despite warnings, and they present the missile impact as the mechanism used to prevent further transit toward an Iranian destination.
US fires Hellfire missile at Gambia-flagged cargo ship in Gulf of Oman
The U.S. military says it disables a Gambia-flagged cargo vessel, the Lian Star, in the Gulf of Oman after the ship attempts to breach a U.S.-led maritime blockade on Iran. U.S. Central Command (CENTC...
- The US says it disables the Gambia-flagged cargo ship Lian Star in the Gulf of Oman on May 29.
- CENTCOM says the ship is attempting to transit toward an Iranian port while violating the US-led maritime blockade.
- The US says it issues more than 20 warnings before the attack.
- An American aircraft fires an AGM-114 Hellfire missile into the vessel’s engine room.
- After the strike, the ship is left disabled and adrift.
The US military executed a kinetic strike disabling the Gambia-flagged cargo vessel Lian Star in the Gulf of Oman after it repeatedly attempted to breach the US-led maritime blockade on Iran. US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed the incident occurred on May 29, noting the vessel ignored multiple warnings before an American aircraft fired an AGM-114 Hellfire missile directly into its engine room, leaving the ship adrift.
2 months agoBy Raphael SatterMay 30 - The U.S. military says it fired a missile into the engine room of a vessel trying to get through the U.S. blockade of Iran on Friday.Here are some details:• In a statement on Saturday, U.S. Central Command said it fired a Hellfire missile into the engine room of the Gambia-flagged Lian Star as it was "transiting international waters toward an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman."• Before the attack, U.S. forces issued "more than 20 warnings" informing the vessel it was in violation of the U.S. blockade, according to Centcom.
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