US destroys 10 Iranian landmine-laying boats as Pentagon warns of ‘most intense strikes yet’
The United States has delivered another crushing blow to Iran’s naval forces in the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. Navy and Air Force units destroyed 10 Iranian mine-laying boats in a swift and precise nighttime operation, preventing what officials say could have been a major attempt to mine the critical waterway and choke off global oil supplies.
Dramatic footage released by U.S. Central Command shows AC-130 gunships and AH-64 Apache helicopters unleashing devastating fire on the fast-moving vessels. Several boats erupted in massive explosions as they were hit while attempting to deploy naval mines in the narrow shipping lanes.
