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Thursday, July 16, 2026
US military says it struck tanker attempting to breach blockade on Iran
The US military has disabled an unladen oil tanker attempting to sail toward an Iranian port, the US Central Command says in a post on X.
“The commercial vessel ignored multiple warnings as it attempted to violate the US blockade. A US aircraft disabled the vessel after firing hellfire missiles into the ship’s smokestack. The ship is no longer transiting to Iran,” it adds.
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