March 18 (UPI) -- U.S. forces successfully deployed bunker-buster bombs against hardened Iranian missile sites along Iran's coastline near the strategically key Strait of Hormuz maritime artery, which Iran has effectively closed off.
U.S. Central Command said in a post on X late Tuesday that the 5,000 pound "deep penetrator munitions" were used because the anti-ship missiles at the sites "posed a risk to international shipping in the strait."
No other details were provided but the weapons are a similar type to those the United States used to target three key Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz and Eshafan in June.
Tuesday's attacks with the munitions, which are designed to penetrate hardened concrete-protected underground facilities and targets deep beneath the surface or inside mountains, came amid U.S. efforts to get shipping moving through the strait again.
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