U.S. forces completed a third round of strikes on Iran, hitting 140 military targets in retaliation for the attack on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz earlier Saturday, U.S. Central Command said.
The U.S. struck using “precision munitions” launched by land- and sea-based fighter aircraft, drones and naval vessels, CENTCOM said in a statement posted on social media.
Targets included Iranian missile and drone sites, naval capabilities, ammunition storage facilities, communication networks and coastal surveillance locations, CENTCOM said.
Overall, the U.S. has struck over 300 targets in Iran in three rounds of airstrikes this week, in an effort to “degrade Iran’s ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial vessels freely transiting the strait,” CENTCOM said.
