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U.S. Blames Iran for Drone Attack on Tanker Near Oman

U.S. Central Command and Israeli officials are blaming Iran for a Tuesday attack on an oil tanker linked to an Israeli billionaire off the coast of Oman. Tanker Pacific Zircon was 150 miles off the coast of Oman when what U.S. officials described as an unmanned aerial vehicle hit the ship at about 10:00 p.m. local time, according to CENTCOM.

“On Nov. 15, at approximately 10:00 p.m. in the Gulf of Oman, an Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicle conducted a one-way attack against the Pacific Zircon, a Liberian-flagged, commercial tanker,” CENTCOM said in a statement. “Though there was damage to the vessel, there were no casualties. Exploitation of the debris that hit the vessel reveals that it was a Shahed-series one-way attack drone.” [...] “There is some minor damage to the vessel’s hull but no spillage of cargo or water ingress.” [...] The delta-winged drone is similar to the one that killed two people aboard merchant tanker Mercer Street off the coast of Oman last year. In an investigation of the incident, CENTCOM determined that a one-way drone was loaded with military-grade explosives and launched from Iran.

https://news.usni.org/2022/11/16/u-s-bla...-near-oman

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