미 ‘유조선에는 유조선’ 새 방침…이란, 맞불 놓으며 충돌 격화

The United States military carried out its first attack on Iranian-owned tankers in the strategic Hormuz Strait, following a new policy of responding to Iranian ship attacks with a "shoot the ship, shoot the ship" approach. After two days of additional large-scale strikes on Iran, the conflict between the two nations has once again escalated militarily.

The Pentagon announced on the same day that it had targeted IRGC targets in Iran, stating that this was a direct retaliation to Iranian attacks on Iranian ships. Axios reported that there were approximately 100 targets attacked that day, including the Iranian government-owned tankers, which were anchored on Iran's northwestern coast.

The attack on the tankers was considered a direct response to Iran's attack on Iranian ships, and it marked the beginning of a new era in the military confrontation between the two countries. The United States claimed that the policy of "shoot the ship, shoot the ship" would be used to limit the threat level, allowing Iran to rebuild its radar and missile capabilities.

The Iraqis also responded with missile and drone attacks on US bases in Jordan, Bahrain, and Iraq's Kurdish region, but they were all intercepted. Iran claimed to have downed several US MQ-9 drones and injured at least four civilians in Shiraz in Khuzestan province. The Pentagon denied any civilian casualties.