U.S. military hits 3 Iranian oil tankers after saying Navy ships were targeted with missiles

The strikes — a day after U.S. President Donald Trump sought to minimize the conflict as "small potatoes" — keep up a new tilt back toward fighting after six months of on-again, off-again war.

Officials said US aircraft carrier and destroyer avoided attacks before three Iranian tankers were struck by the US The US military said Saturday it struck three Iranian oil tankers after US navy warships came under missile attack, further escalating tensions in the region and warning it would “if necessary, destroy Ir

The U.S. military says it has struck three Iranian oil tankers after Navy warships were targeted with missiles

The United States struck three Iranian crude oil tankers on Saturday after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched ballistic missiles toward two U.S. Navy warships operating in regional waters, according to U.S. Central Command. CENTCOM said a U.S. aircraft carrier and guided-missile destroyer successfully ev

U.S. Strikes Three Iranian Ships After Missiles Fired at American Aircraft Carrier  WSJ

US strikes three Iranian oil tankers after IRGC attack on American naval ships, Central Command says  Reuters

U.S. Central Command (Centcom) on Saturday conducted strikes on several Iranian crude oil carriers in response to “multiple unprovoked” Iranian attacks on two U.S. Navy warships, according to the military command.  The U.S. military “permanently disabled” three of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’s (IRGC) crude oi

Iran had accused the US of attacking an Iranian tanker near Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf.

The US CENTCOM said the targeted Navy warships “successfully evaded” the multiple Iranian attacks, calling the strikes “unprovoked”.

The US military said it launched strikes against three Iranian crude oil tankers in retaliation for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targeting two US Navy warships with ballistic missiles.

“We will not hesitate to defend American forces, and if necessary, destroy Iran’s limited and exposed oil fleet," CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper said in a statement.

DUBAI, Sept 5 (Reuters) - U.S. forces struck three Iranian oil tankerson Saturday, U.S. Central Command said, including one off the coast of Kharg Island, near Iran's key oil exporthub. The strikes were carried out after Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched ballistic missilesat two U.S. Navy ships,Central