U.S. Strikes Greater Tunb in Strait of Hormuz
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- The U.S. military said on Wednesday it attacked Iranian cruise missile storage and launch sites on Greater Tunb, one of several small islands in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Greater Tunb is subject to a decades-old territorial dispute, with the island sitting along the narrow Strait of Hormuz through which a major share of global oil shipments transit.
Why it matters: The strike targets Iranian military infrastructure on a disputed island directly inside the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most critical oil-shipping chokepoints. Hitting launch and storage sites specifically degrades Iran's ability to threaten shipping from island positions that Iran and Arab states have contested for decades.
