Following the orders of President Donald Trump, the U.S. Armed Forces sank three Iranian oil tankers this Saturday after the Islamic regime attempted to attack two U.S. Navy ships in the region and failed.
Entering the seventh month of war, the new policy implemented by Trump is simple: every time the terrorist regime attacks a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, three of theirs will be destroyed. "Let the message to the IRGC be clear: if they fire at two of our ships, we will impose an even greater economic cost by taking three of theirs," said CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper in a statement this morning.
Due to the U.S. attacks, two Iranian ships were permanently disabled: the M/T Downy and the M/T Stark 1, while a third, the M/T Kylo, was "completely destroyed," indicated the U.S. Command, which shared images of the attack.
There are two American aircraft carriers operating in the Middle East
The CENTCOM statement
"U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces attacked three Iranian crude oil tankers on September 5, after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched ballistic missiles at two U.S. Navy warships patrolling the regional waters." A U.S. aircraft carrier and a guided missile destroyer successfully evaded multiple unprovoked Iranian attacks. No U.S. personnel were injured.
Following Iran's failed attacks, CENTCOM permanently disabled the IRGC crude oil tankers M/T Downy off the coast of Kharg Island and M/T Stark 1 near Jask. U.S. forces also completely destroyed the empty crude oil tanker M/T Kylo in the Gulf of Oman, striking the vessel in multiple critical locations to render it inoperable after the crew was ordered to abandon ship.
The three Iranian crude oil tankers are part of a multimillion-dollar clandestine network that finances the IRGC and its regional proxies. Iran has no means to defend them."
