Washington, Sept. 6 -- The United States military said it struck three Iranian crude oil tankers after Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched ballistic missiles toward two US Navy warships patrolling regional waters, in an escalation that could further disrupt shipping in and around the Persian Gulf.
A US aircraft carrier and guided-missile destroyer successfully evaded multiple unprovoked Iranian attacks. No American personnel were harmed, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said.
CENTCOM said that following Iran's failed attacks, CENTCOM permanently disabled the IRGC crude oil carriers M/T Downy off the coast of Kharg Island and M/T Stark 1 near Jask.
American forces also destroyed the unladen crude oil carrier M/T Kylo (also...