The U.S. military attacked Iranian rocket launchers positioned in the Strait of Hormuz, marking its first offensive operation in a month, a U.S. official told The Associated Press on Sunday.Explosions were heard near Larak Island, which lies in the waterway, Iranian media outlets reported.Iranian forces had been preparing to launch rockets carrying mines into the strait, the unnamed U.S. official said. The waterway, a vital trade route, has emerged as a major flash point in the war, which had settled into a stalemate in recent weeks. Last week, the U.S. completed an operation to clear mines from strait’s shipping lanes. Following the operation, President Donald Trump warned Iran that “any ship or boat placing new mines will be immediately and systematically destroyed.”In response to the new offensive, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said in a statement that the U.S. attack “will be answered by the sons of Iran and will result in the punishment of the aggressor,” Axios reported.The US military attacked Iranian rocket launchers positioned in the Strait of Hormuz, marking its first offensive operation in a month, a US official told The Associated Press on Sunday (Getty Images)When reached for comment, a Pentagon spokesperson referred The Independent to U.S. Central Command, which oversees U.S. operations in the Middle East.This is a breaking story...
US hits Iranian rocket launchers off the Strait of Hormuz
The renewed attack comes as the war, which had largely been locked in a stalemate, has continued with no end in sight for six months
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