US Destroyer Halts Iranian-Flagged Blockade Runner With Inert Rounds
TL;DR
A U.S. Navy destroyer fired nine inert rounds into the engine room of the Iranian-flagged cargo vessel M/V Touska after the ship ignored multiple warnings during a maritime blockade in the Arabian Sea; Marines later boarded and captured the vessel and crew as part of ongoing enforcement against Iranian traffic and mine threats near the Strait of Hormuz.
- Top general shares new details on how a US destroyer shot out the engine of an Iran blockade runner Business Insider
- An Iranian Ship Tried to Slip Past the Blockade. A U.S. Destroyer Chased It Down. WSJ
- US seizes Iranian ship after opening fire; Pakistan talks in doubt Fox News
- China rejects Trump accusation that intercepted Iran ship was 'gift from China' Reuters
- Iran calls US ship seizure ‘piracy’: Is it? Al Jazeera
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