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🇺🇸 U.S. forces struck two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island on 30 August, according to U.S. officials cited by the Associated Press. The officials said Revolutionary Guards personnel were preparing rockets fitted with sea mines for the Strait of Hormuz.
Larak sits in the Strait of Hormuz, the maritime passage between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Its location makes military activity near the island significant for commercial shipping and energy exports. âš“
The Associated Press reported that the U.S. military had completed clearing sea mines from international shipping routes in the strait the previous week. A mine threat can disrupt shipping without a direct confrontation with individual vessels.
Iranian semiofficial outlets reported explosions near Larak. The Revolutionary Guards said in a statement carried by state broadcasting that several fighters and other people had been killed or injured. 🇮🇷
The strike was the first U.S. military action in about a month, AP reported, ending a lull in an intermittent conflict that had lasted more than six months. The number of casualties, the exact weapons at the site and the scale of damage were not independently established. 🌊
https://nutanica.com/Larak_Island
Larak sits in the Strait of Hormuz, the maritime passage between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Its location makes military activity near the island significant for commercial shipping and energy exports. âš“
The Associated Press reported that the U.S. military had completed clearing sea mines from international shipping routes in the strait the previous week. A mine threat can disrupt shipping without a direct confrontation with individual vessels.
Iranian semiofficial outlets reported explosions near Larak. The Revolutionary Guards said in a statement carried by state broadcasting that several fighters and other people had been killed or injured. 🇮🇷
The strike was the first U.S. military action in about a month, AP reported, ending a lull in an intermittent conflict that had lasted more than six months. The number of casualties, the exact weapons at the site and the scale of damage were not independently established. 🌊
https://nutanica.com/Larak_Island
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