US forces shot down two Iranian one-way attack drones over the Strait of Hormuz on June 7, according to US Central Command. The drones were deemed a direct threat to maritime traffic in one of the most strategically important shipping corridors on the planet.
The Strait of Hormuz handles roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil supply.
A week of escalation
This wasn’t an isolated event. Just two days earlier, on June 5, US military forces intercepted four similar Iranian attack drones and followed up with strikes against Iranian surveillance radar installations at Goruk and on Qeshm Island.
That same day, Iran launched seven ballistic missiles toward Kuwait and Bahrain. Six of the seven were intercepted.
