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Posted on 05/08/2026 8:24:51 AM PDT by Red Badger
TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. forces disabled M/T Sea Star III and M/T Sevda, May 8, prior to both vessels entering an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman in violation of the ongoing U.S. blockade.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) enforced blockade measures against two Iranian-flagged unladen oil tankers attempting to pull into an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman. A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet from USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) disabled both tankers after firing precision munitions into their smokestacks, preventing the non-compliant ships from entering Iran.
U.S. forces also disabled Iranian-flagged M/T Hasna, May 6, as it attempted to sail to an Iranian port in the Gulf of Oman. An F/A-18 Super Hornet from USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) disabled the unladen oil tanker's rudder by firing several rounds from a 20mm cannon gun.
All three vessels are no longer transiting to Iran.
"U.S. forces in the Middle East remain committed to full enforcement of the blockade of vessels entering or leaving Iran," said Adm. Brad Cooper, CENTCOM commander. "Our highly trained men and women in uniform are doing incredible work."
Multiple commercial vessels have been disabled and more than 50 have been redirected by CENTCOM forces to ensure compliance.
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Disabled how?
But we’re still under a cease-fire.
Besides - it was just a “love tap”.
(rolls eyes)
Blew up engine rooms.................
Just to emphasize that we are blockading IRAN, we are NOT blockading the Strait of Hormuz.
According to the article (very interesting article ... beautiful article ... the best)
They shot up the rudder on one with the 20mm cannon.
The hit the exhaust on the other two with “precision munitions”, disabling their engines.
God our guys are good.
According to the article (very interesting article ... beautiful article ... the best)
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Love that!
“Multiple commercial vessels have been disabled and more than 50 have been redirected by CENTCOM forces to ensure compliance.” Hell, those boys and girls are just getting warmed up.
Thanks for the link. Great video!
” A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet from USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) disabled both tankers after firing precision munitions into their smokestacks,...”
Sounds a little familiar...
“It’s not impossible. I used to bull’s-eye womp rats in my T-16 back home, and they’re not much bigger than two meters!”
😎
“ U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) enforced blockade measures against two Iranian-flagged unladen oil tankers attempting to pull into an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman”
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We are keeping these EMPTY tankers from entering Iranian ports to prevent them from being used to STORE petroleum. We want Iran’s storage capacity to be full so the are forced to begin shutting off actual production.
Into or down the smoke stacks? Aren’t most of these now diesel powered?
Yeah, I know they still have exhaust stacks. 😊👍
I believe so........
Trump and The U.S. Armed Forces playing with Iran like a cat with a laser pointer.😀😀😀
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And getting better, what with all the practice.
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