Overview
- CENTCOM released video and said U.S. forces carried out what it called self‑defence strikes using 49 Tomahawk cruise missiles and precision strikes by Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps assets.
- The U.S. said the strikes hit command‑and‑control, surveillance, radar and communications sites that it assessed were threatening U.S. forces and international shipping.
- The Arleigh Burke‑class destroyer USS Michael Murphy is confirmed to have launched Tomahawk missiles in the operation and CENTCOM released footage showing a destroyer firing.
- U.S. officials said President Donald Trump ordered the strikes, and they framed the action as a response to continued Iranian aggression and a measure to protect U.S. personnel and shipping.
- The strikes come alongside an ongoing U.S. maritime enforcement campaign that began on April 13 and has, CENTCOM says, disabled nine non‑compliant vessels, redirected 135 ships, and allowed 42 humanitarian transits, a dynamic that could further raise regional tensions and affect shipping routes.