The United States fired on and disabled an unladen oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Monday after the vessel violated Washington's blockade of Iran's ports, the US military said.
The F/A-18 Super Hornet "fired a precision munition into the ship's engineering and steering spaces after the crew failed to comply with directions from US forces," US Central Command said in a statement, adding that the Palau-flagged ship M/T Marivex "is no longer sailing to Iran."
