US fighter jet disables cargo vessel in Gulf of Oman amid Iran blockade
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A US military fighter jet struck and disabled a commercial cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman on Saturday after it allegedly tried to breach Washington’s naval blockade against Iran, US Central Command said.
CENTCOM said the Panama-flagged M/V Ocean Molica, also known as the Arika Sun, ignored repeated warnings after departing an Iranian port. A precision munition struck the ship’s stern and disabled its propulsion system without injuring the crew, according to the command.
The US resumed a blockade of ships entering or leaving Iranian ports on July 14. CENTCOM said it has since disabled four commercial vessels, turned around 135 ships and destroyed 10 tankers it linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Those figures were not independently verified in the reports.
The UK Maritime Trade Operations agency said it received a report of an incident involving a tanker and military forces in the Gulf of Oman and that authorities were investigating.
In a separate incident, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it struck the LPG carrier NV Sunshine after the vessel attempted to use what Tehran called an illegal route through the Strait of Hormuz. UKMTO reported that an outbound tanker was hit on its port side by an unidentified projectile, causing a fire, but said the crew was safe. The extent of the damage and any environmental effects were not immediately known.
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