'Permanently disabled': US shares video of strike on Iranian tanker, issues warning

CENTCOM releases video of Iranian tanker Kylo sinking. Credit: CENTCOM/XUS Central Command (CENTCOM) has released a video showing an Iranian oil tanker engulfed in flames before sinking in the Gulf of Oman. It further warned Iran that any attack on US warships would invite a higher economic cost.The M/T Kylo was one of three Iranian crude oil carriers targeted by US forces on Saturday, local time, after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched ballistic missiles towards two US Navy warships operating in regional waters, according to CENTCOM.In a post on X, CENTCOM identified the tanker as the M/T Kylo and said, “Thanks to the precision and professionalism of American service members, the M/T Kylo sank in the Gulf of Oman today and joined Iran’s navy at the bottom of the sea