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U.S. forces struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in their first military action in a month, breaking a lull in fighting during an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months, The Associated Press reported.
Vowing to retaliate for what it called a deadly attack, Iran later said it had launched missiles at U.S. sites in Jordan. Jordan’s armed forces said they intercepted eight missiles that penetrated the country’s airspace early Monday in the Mideast.
Forces with the Revolutionary Guard Corps were observed preparing to launch rockets with sea mines into the strait, AP quoted Tim Hawkins, a spokesperson for the U.S. Central Command, as saying.
The U.S. military last week completed clearing sea mines from the strait’s international shipping routes.
U.S. military officials disputed Iran’s claim that the latest American strikes were an act of aggression, calling them a “limited, precise action” against what they said were minelaying forces.