US says helicopter fired missiles to disable ship breaking Iran blockade
The US military, through US Central Command (Centcom), stated that one of its helicopters fired missiles to disable a cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman. An MH-60 aircraft reportedly launched two Hellfire missiles into the engine room of the Panama-flagged M/V Vela Nova on Tuesday.
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- Aug 11
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Open questions and key claims
US military fired on Panama-flagged Vela Nova cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman.
The vessel attempted to break a US blockade against Iran by sailing toward an Iranian port.
US military helicopter fired missiles to disable the steering gear of a cargo ship violating the US blockade of Iranian ports.
The cargo ship, M/V Vela Nova, ignored repeated warnings from American forces before missiles were fired.
The ship attempted to break the American blockade of Iran’s ports.
A US helicopter fired missiles into the engine room of a Panama-flagged cargo ship.
A fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas used to transit the Strait of Hormuz before the war.
US-Iran diplomacy remains stalled, with efforts to return to an agreement yielding little progress.
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