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US Strikes Iranian Tankers in Escalating Blockade Enforcement
On May 8, a US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet swooped in to disable two oil tankers, M/T Sea Star III and M/T Sevda, that were trying to breach the US naval blockade, preventing them from entering an Iranian port. The precision strike, carried out by the fighter jet operating from USS George H.W. Bush, effectively enforced the blockade.