US strikes Iranian launchers on Larak island amid strait of Hormuz tensions
US says attack was response to Revolutionary Guards preparing rockets to launch sea mines into strait
TL;DR
- US forces struck two Iranian launchers on Larak island.
- The strike occurred as Iranian forces were observed preparing to launch rockets with sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz.
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards stated the attack killed and wounded soldiers and citizens and vowed retaliation.
- Iran claimed the US carried out a drone strike on the island.
- US President Trump had previously warned that any ship placing new mines would be destroyed.
- The conflict has reached a six-month mark, with the Strait of Hormuz blockaded.
- The blockade affects the transit of about a fifth of the world's oil barrels.