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US military says it disabled cargo vessel in Gulf of Oman

Global Published 8 November 2026, 10:47 · archived 8 Nov 2026

An American military aircraft fired on ​and disabled a commercial vessel that ‌tried to break the US blockade of Iran on Saturday, US Central Command said. The St. ​Kitts-flagged cargo vessel tried to depart ​regional waters after visiting an Iranian ⁠port, and a US plane fired ​precision munitions at its stern after US ​forces directed the crew to abandon targeted spaces, Central Command said. Building on a months-long naval blockade ​on Iran, the US military also ​said on Saturday it is launching a task force to ‌crack ⁠down on Tehran’s movement of advanced weapons and other sanctioned mater...

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