US forces focused Iranian military facilities chargeable for launching a collection of “unprovoked” missile, drone and small boat assaults in opposition to American warships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, US Central Command mentioned on Thursday.
“U.S. forces intercepted unprovoked Iranian attacks and responded with self-defense strikes as US Navy guided-missile destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz to the Gulf of Oman, May 7,” CENTCOM mentioned in a press launch.
The Iranian facilities focused by US forces included “missile and drone launch sites, command and control locations; and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance nodes,” in keeping with CENTCOM.
“Iranian forces launched multiple missiles, drones and small boats as USS Truxtun (DDG 103), USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115), and USS Mason (DDG 87) transited the international sea passage. No US assets were struck,” the CENTCOM assertion added.
An Iranian state media report mentioned that business facilities on the Bahman Pier on Qeshm Island had been focused in an exchange of fire between Iranian safety forces and “the enemy.”
In its assertion US Central Command mentioned that the US forces do “not seek escalation” however that the military is “ready to protect American forces.”