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US Launches Additional Airstrikes on Iranian Military Targets After Tanker Strike, Trump Directs

The US launches additional airstrikes on Iranian military targets after Tehran deploys a drone that struck the Panama-flagged tanker M/T Kiku carrying over 2M barrels near the Strait of Hormuz.The strikes target surveillance systems, communication networks, air defense sites, drone storage areas and minelayer capabilities, and follow an earlier Iranian attack on the Singapore-flagged cargo ship M/V Ever Lovely that prompted prior US retaliatory strikes.US Central Command says commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains uninterrupted, US forces remain vigilant, and the operation is directed by the Commander in Chief Donald Trump.
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