Iran Fires 20 Missiles at Jordan Base as U.S. Destroys 10 Tankers
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 9
Iran Fires 20 Missiles at Jordan Base as U.S. Destroys 10 Tankers
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 9
Summary
20 Iranian ballistic missiles were launched toward a base used by U.S. forces in Jordan, but Jordan said it intercepted 18 and the other two landed in unpopulated areas, leaving no reported casualties.
CENTCOM said the attack was ineffective and rejected an IRGC claim that two U.S. Navy destroyers were hit in the Strait of Hormuz, saying all attempted strikes on American warships failed.
10 Iranian tankers have been destroyed by U.S. forces over the past week, which CENTCOM described as part of a multibillion-dollar shadow network funding the IRGC.
A U.S. official said all American personnel in Jordan were accounted for, while the Pentagon said an unmanned U.S. Dive-LD drone recovered by Iran had malfunctioned more than a day earlier and carried no sensitive systems.
Brent crude rose above $100 a barrel as tanker attacks and strikes around the Strait of Hormuz threatened a waterway that normally handles about one-fifth of global oil supply.
With war-risk insurance skyrocketing, could this escalating naval showdown completely choke off the global oil supply through the Strait of Hormuz?
After ballistic missiles targeted US bases, what hidden threshold remains before this unprecedented maritime clash ignites a full-scale regional war?
Beyond geopolitical fallout, what catastrophic ecological damage will the deliberate destruction of five crude oil tankers unleash upon the Persian Gulf?