India, May 31 -- The US military has disabled a Gambia-flagged merchant vessel, the M/V Lian Star, after the ship allegedly attempted to breach the American blockade of Iranian ports. US Central Command (CENTCOM), in a statement, said that the incident occurred in the Gulf of Oman, marking the latest escalation in a tense naval standoff that has significantly disrupted regional maritime traffic.

A Calculated Response to Non-Compliance: CENTCOM

According to official statements, US forces issued more than 20 warnings to the Lian Star as it transited international waters toward an Iranian port. After the vessel failed to heed these repeated directives, a US aircraft engaged the ship by firing a Hellfire missile directly into its engine roo...