U.S. Aircraft Disables Cargo Ship in Gulf of Oman — SkimNews
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- U.S. military aircraft fired at a commercial vessel in the Gulf of Oman on Saturday, disabling the ship in what the report described as the latest move in the ongoing conflict with Iran.
- CENTCOM said its forces disabled a commercial vessel in the Gulf of Oman on Nov. 7 after the ship’s civilian crew ignored repeated warnings.
Why it matters: CENTCOM’s account makes the sequence explicit: the vessel’s civilian crew ignored repeated warnings, and a U.S. military aircraft then disabled the ship on Nov. 7. The material consequence for the commercial vessel was its loss of operability in the Gulf of Oman.
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