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The U.S. military launched "self-defense strikes" targeting Iranian radar sites and command and control sites for drones over the weekend, U.S. Central Command said Sunday. …
The U.S. military launched "self-defense strikes" targeting Iranian radar sites and command and control sites for drones over the weekend, U.S. Central Command said Sunday. "The measured and deliberate strikes occurred on Saturday and Sunday in response to aggressive Iranian actions that included the shootdown of a U.S. MQ-1 drone that was operating over international waters," CENTCOM said. "U.S. fighter aircraft swiftly responded by eliminating Iranian air defenses, a ground control station, and two one-way attack drones that posed clear threats to ships transiting regional waters." The U.S. strikes targeted sites in Goruk and on Qeshm Island, CENTCOM said. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said early Monday local time that it had targeted an airbase it claimed the U.S. had used to launch attacks on a telecoms tower on Siri Island, state media reported, although the IRGC did not specify which base it was referring to or where it was located. Kuwait, meanwhile, said its air defenses engaged incoming drone and missile fire early Monday. The Guard's statement was likely referring to the attack on Kuwait. Defense officials told CBS News on Monday morning that the new round of strikes against Iranian targets took place right on the Strait of Hormuz, one on the coast, another on an island in the latest military escalation during the fragile ceasefire. The U.S. …
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