5 hours agoUS drop 2270kg of bombs on Iranian underground bases near Hormuz Strait
Periskopi(4 months ago)
(4 months ago)According to authorities, the US Army dropped 2270kg bunker bombs at Iranian missile underground bases near Hormuz Strait on Tuesday. The massive attack announced by the US Central Command came as the war with Iran had stopped the course of shipping through the vital waterway of the Persian Gulf. “Time ago, American forces used with [...]
The massive attack announced by the US Central Command came as the war with Iran had stopped the course of shipping through the vital waterway of the Persian Gulf.
“Hours ago, US forces successfully used multiple deep-tightening ammunition at the bases of Iranian missiles reinforced along Iran's coastline near Hormuz Strait”, the regional command said at around 7 pm.
Iranian anti-ship rockets in these countries posed a threat to international sea transport in the field of”, CENTCOM added.
An American official told CNN that the ammunition was GBU-72 Advance 5K Penetrator, an explosion first launched by American aircraft in 2021. The mass bomb was developed to transmit the challenges of hardened, deeply buried targets and designed for both fighter aircraft and bomber”, according to a US Air Force press release from 2021.
Hormuz Strait has been effectively closed by an Iranian blockade using mines, fears and ships, halting 27% of global marine energy and causing oil prices to rise over $100 per barrel, reports Telegraph, broadcast Periscope.
Trump, both publicly and socially media, has attacked European allies including France and the United Kingdom for their refusal to help reopen the crucial waterway.
The US will continue to rapidly reduce Iran's ability to threaten freedom of navigation in and around the Strait of Hormuz”, Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of CENTCOM, said in a video statement Monday.
Our progress remains stable and we remain vigilant against enemy”, Cooper continued. /Periscope
