The U.S. military disabled an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Monday that it said was in violation of the U.S. Navy blockade, according to the U.S. Central Command (Centcom), which oversees U.S. forces in the Middle East. An F/A-18 Super Hornet from USS Abraham Lincoln, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, fired a precis
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The U.S. military disabled an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Monday that it said was in violation of the U.S. Navy blockade, according to the U.S. Central Command (Centcom), which oversees U.S. forces in the Middle East. An F/A-18 Super Hornet from USS Abraham Lincoln, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, fired a precis
The U.S. military disabled an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Monday that it said was in violation of the U.S. Central Command (Centcom), which oversees U.S. forces in the Middle East. An unladen oil tanker, MT Marivex, carrying 24 Indian crew members, was disabled and caught fire in the Gulf of Oman following a US military action.
The US stated an F/A-18 Super Hornet fired a precision munition after the vessel allegedly violated a blockade of Iran's ports and ignored directions.
The Hill reported the story as "US military disable oil tanker violating blockade: Centcom."
2 sources have covered this story, including The Hill and Times of India. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 1 day ago.
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