The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Wednesday (March 11) that it has destroyed several Iranian naval vessels, including 16 minelayers, near the Strait of Hormuz.
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CENTCOM released a video on its official
US forces destroyed several Iranian naval vessels on March 10, including 16 mines
In a separate post, US Central Command said US forces were “degrading the Iranian regime’s ability to project power at sea and harass international shipping.”
It condemned Tehran for endangering “freedom of navigation in waters essential to American, regional and global security and prosperity.”
U.S. forces are weakening the Iranian regime’s ability to project power at sea and harass international shipping. For years, Iranian forces have threatened freedom of navigation in waters vital to American, regional, and global security and prosperity.Â
The announcement comes after US President Donald Trump said US forces have attacked and destroyed 10 decommissioned mine-laying boats in the Strait of Hormuz.
He threatened to increase attacks on Iran and warned Tehran not to plant any mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
In a post on Truth Social, the US President said, “If Iran has placed any mines in the Strait of Hormuz, and we have had no reports of it doing so, we want them removed immediately! If the mines were placed for any reason, and they are not immediately removed, the military consequences for Iran would be at a level never seen before.
Conversely, their removal would represent a significant advancement! Additionally, we are using the same technology and missile capabilities deployed against drug smugglers to permanently destroy any boat or ship that attempts mining in the Strait of Hormuz. We will handle them swiftly and ruthlessly. Be careful.”
