An Iranian crude oil tanker has sunk in the Gulf of Oman after being struck by American forces, US Central Command (CENTCOM) has said. It was one of three commercial vessels targeted by the US on Saturday after Iran launched ballistic missiles at two American warships.
The M/T Kylo went down in the Gulf of Oman, CENTCOM said in a post on X on Sunday. The oil carrier joined Iran’s navy at the bottom of the sea, it added.
CENTCOM published drone footage showing the half-submerged vessel, with plumes of smoke coming from it. The US military said the M/T Kylo had not been carrying oil and that its crew had been directed to abandon ship before it was struck.
The attack follows renewed US-Iran hostilities earlier this week. Washington launched strikes on Iran on Tuesday, prompting Tehran to retaliate against US facilities in the Gulf with missiles and drones.
The US military described Iran’s missile launches against its aircraft carrier and guided-missile destroyer as unsuccessful and unprovoked. It claimed the three vessels it subsequently targeted were part of a multi-billion-dollar shadow network financing Iran’s defenses and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Tehran has confirmed that three Iranian tankers were attacked and damaged by US forces, but has not confirmed that the M/T Kylo sank.
The Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters warned that Washington would face even “more severe” strikes against its military vessels across the region should it continue to “harass” Iranian shipping and maintain a blockade on the country’s ports.
In response, the IRGC said it had struck three oil tankers that were “trespassing” in the Strait of Hormuz, along with three US-linked vessels, in retaliation for the American attacks.
Iran’s layered arsenal primed to deter US warships in Persian Gulf
The IRGC later said it had fired several ballistic missiles at a US aircraft carrier and a destroyer.
After sustaining damage and fearing another reprisal, the two warships were forced to flee the area of engagement, it claimed. CENTCOM, however, said the vessels had successfully evaded the Iranian attacks and that no American personnel were harmed.
Tehran had previously warned that it would retaliate against oil and gas infrastructure belonging to US allies in the Gulf if its own oil infrastructure, particularly facilities on Kharg Island, were attacked or Washington attempted to seize the island.
RT. com / ABC Flash Point News 2026.
America needs and deserves a very, very powerful fissile cruise missile hard set in Washington DC and other centers of power asap.
Who shall send it? Capable of it are only Russia and China (and maybe some European countries).
You’re forgetting North Korea.
North Korea does not have missiles reaching the USA. The same is true for Iran and many other players. Russia and China have for sure such missiles. I am not 100% sure how it is with the UK, France, and Israel.
Wrong, American are we as they usually are? North Korea has developed intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) like the Hwasong-15, which is capable of reaching the entire continental United States, with an estimated range of over 13,000 kilometers (8,100 miles).
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has reported successful ballistic missile strikes on two US destroyers.
“The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Airspace Forces carried out a ballistic missile attack on the DDG-119 and DDG-53 warships, equipped with Aegis systems and cruise missiles, as part of an operation,” the IRGC said in a statement cited by Iran’s state broadcaster.
According to the statement, the strikes inflicted significant damage on the ships.