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A US fighter jet bombed a commercial cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman, according to CENTCOM.
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Arabian Sea link to the Indian Ocean
The Gulf of Oman or Sea of Oman, also known as Gulf of Makran or Sea of Makran, is a gulf in the Indian Ocean that connects the Arabian Sea with the Strait of Hormuz, which then runs to the Persian Gulf. It borders Iran and Pakistan on the north, Oman on the south, and the United Arab Emirates on the west.
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Unified combatant command of the U.S. Armed Forces responsible for the Middle East
The United States Central Command is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the United States Department of Defense. It was established in 1983, taking over the previous responsibilities of the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF).
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Iran is stepping up attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf in an effort to restore its leverage over the critical waterway - and possibly goad the United States into retaliating.
The US military on Saturday disabled a Panama-flagged commercial cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman after it allegedly ignored warnings and attempted to breach Washington’s naval blockade against Iran, as tensions over shipping routes in the region continue to escalate.
An American fighter jet hit the Panama-flagged vessel with a "precision munition, fully disabling its propulsion without harming the crew," U.S. Central Command said.