US Strikes Iranian Missile Sites Near Strait of Hormuz

The US military said it had hit Iranian missile sites near the strategic Strait of Hormuz with some of the most powerful bombs in the US arsenal.

“US forces successfully employed multiple 5,000-pound deep penetrator munitions on hardened Iranian missile sites along Iran’s coastline near the Strait of Hormuz,” Central Command said in a statement on X. “The Iranian anti-ship cruise missiles in these sites posed a risk to international shipping in the strait.”

The bombing raid comes after Iran closed off the strategic waterway, through which one-fifth of the world’s oil flows, in retaliation for the war on the country by the United States and Israel. (AFP)