U.S. Strikes Iranian Missile And Drone Sites After Attacks On USS Truxtun In Strait Of Hormuz

U.S. Central Command said Iranian forces launched “multiple missiles, drones and small boats” at USS Truxtun (DDG-103), USS Rafael Peralta (DDG-115), and USS Mason (DDG-87) as the destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz into the Gulf of Oman on May 7, with CENTCOM adding that “No U.S. assets were struck.”

The U.S. military said it “intercepted unprovoked Iranian attacks and responded with self-defense strikes,” and targeted Iranian missile and drone launch sites, command-and-control facilities, and intelligence and surveillance nodes involved in the attack.

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President Donald Trump later described the confrontation on Truth Social, claiming Iranian attacking forces were “completely destroyed,” and writing that “Missiles were shot at our Destroyers, and were easily knocked down.”

The incident came as the U.S. had paused “Project Freedom” less than 48 hours after its launch, while the broader U.S. naval blockade targeting Iranian ports remained in place, according to gCaptain.

CENTCOM said the U.S. forces targeted Iranian military facilities responsible for launching what it called “unprovoked” missile, drone and small boat attacks, including “missile and drone launch sites, command and control locations; and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance nodes,” as the destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz to the Gulf of Oman on May 7.

In its account of the same exchange, WAAY 31 News reported that a U.S. official told CNN that strikes were carried out in multiple locations including Bandar Abbas and Qeshm.

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Iran’s armed forces spokesperson said U.S. airstrikes hit civilian areas along the coasts of Qeshm Island, Bandar Khamir and Sirik, and the spokesperson claimed the U.S. violated the ongoing ceasefire by targeting an Iranian oil tanker heading toward the Strait of Hormuz, according to WAAY 31 News.

Trump called Thursday’s strikes a “love tap” in a phone call with ABC News, while the U.S. military insisted it “does not seek escalation” and remains ready to protect American forces, as described in the WAAY 31 News report.

The clash unfolded amid deteriorating commercial conditions, with gCaptain reporting that French shipping giant CMA CGM confirmed Wednesday that its Malta-flagged containership San Antonio was struck while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, injuring multiple crew members and damaging the vessel.

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gCaptain also said the International Maritime Organization reported eight seafarers were wounded in the attack, marking the 32nd reported shipping incident since the conflict erupted, and it noted that another CMA CGM vessel, the Saigon, successfully exited the Gulf after transiting along Oman’s coastline south of Muscat.

The same gCaptain report said BIMCO Chief Safety & Security Officer Jakob Larsen warned that voyages through the Strait of Hormuz without coordination with Iran still carried “significant risk,” and that sudden policy shifts and operational changes create additional challenges for commercial operators trying to assess security conditions and plan departures from the Gulf.

As Washington awaited Iran’s response to a reported U.S. peace proposal, Military.com said the U.S. had enforced a naval blockade on Iranian ports since April 13 and that about 1,500 ships and roughly 20,000 crew members were trapped in the Persian Gulf due to the conflict, according to CBS News.