U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said its forces shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones on Friday as they headed toward the Strait of Hormuz, before striking coastal surveillance radar sites at Goruk and on Qeshm Island to prevent further launches.
In a statement posted on X, the command called the drones an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic in the narrow waterway that connects the Persian Gulf to the open sea.
CENTCOM said U.S. forces acted in self-defense following the drone launches and remained “vigilant and postured to respond to unjustified Iranian aggression.”
The statement came hours after CENTCOM rejected Iranian claims that its forces had fired warning shots at U.S. Navy warships in the Gulf of Oman and forced the American vessels to retreat toward the Indian Ocean….