The US on Tuesday dropped massive 5,000-pound bombs on Iranian missile sites near the strategic Strait of Hormuz that has turned out to be one of the flashpoints in the ongoing Iran-US war. Describing the bombs as ‘deep penetrator munitions’, the US claimed the targeted Iranian missile sites were a ‘risk to international shipping in the strait’. Follow live updates on Middle East conflict
"US forces successfully employed multiple 5,000-pound deep penetrator munitions on hardened Iranian missile sites along Iran's coastline near the Strait of Hormuz," Central Command said in a statement on X.
"US forces successfully employed multiple 5,000-pound deep penetrator munitions on hardened Iranian missile sites along Iran's coastline near the Strait of Hormuz," Central Command said in a statement on X.
The alleged air raid comes in the backdrop of Iran shutting down the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway through which one-fifth of the world's oil flows.
Iranian Parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has meanwhile warned that the situation in the Strait of Hormuz will not return to its "pre-war state". "The Strait of Hormuz situation won't return to its pre-war status," he said in a post on X.
