U.S. Central Command says that forces “successfully employed” several 5,000-pound “deep penetrator munitions” on alleged Iranian missile sites near the Strait of Hormuz, in a post to X on Tuesday night.
“The Iranian anti-ship cruise missiles in these sites posed a risk to international shipping in the strait,” the post says.
Amid the strikes in and around Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, a critical chokepoint for a significant share of the world’s oil shipments, has been disrupted.
Newsweek reached out to the Pentagon via email Tuesday night for comment.
What People Are Saying
Trump, on Truth Social Tuesday: “The United States has been informed by most of our NATO ‘Allies’ that they don’t want to get involved with our Military Operation against the Terrorist Regime of Iran, in the Middle East, this, despite the fact that almost every Country strongly agreed with what we are doing, and that Iran cannot, in any way, shape, or form, be allowed to have a Nuclear Weapon.
“I am not surprised by their action, however, because I always considered NATO, where we spend Hundreds of Billions of Dollars per year protecting these same Countries, to be a one way street — We will protect them, but they will do nothing for us, in particular, in a time of need. Fortunately, we have decimated Iran’s Military — Their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone, their Anti-Aircraft and Radar is gone and perhaps, most importantly, their Leaders, at virtually every level, are gone, never to threaten us, our Middle Eastern Allies, or the World, again! Because of the fact that we have had such Military Success, we no longer ‘need,’ or desire, the NATO Countries’ assistance — WE NEVER DID! Likewise, Japan, Australia, or South Korea. In fact, speaking as President of the United States of America, by far the Most Powerful Country Anywhere in the World, WE DO NOT NEED THE HELP OF ANYONE! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP”
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