U.S. disables two Iranian-flagged oil tankers in Gulf of Oman

Orientul Mijlociu

May 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. military said it disabled two Iranian-flagged oil tankers entering a port in the Gulf of Oman on Friday. U.S. Central Command said the tankers -- M/T Sea Star III and M/T Sevda -- were both unladen and were attempting to violate the U.S. blockade on the Strait of Hormuz by pulling into the Iranian port. A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fired missiles into the ships' smokestacks to stop them from entering Iran. CENTCOM released video footage of the strikes and subsequent