Iran launched another attack on US Navy ships Monday, WSJ reported
A US navy official said 19 warships are currently supporting operations in the Middle East.
No US navy ships were hit in the attacks, according to the officials. Washington said the tankers were helping fund Iran’s military and proxy groups. US officials said the strikes were intended to make clear that attacks on American warships would not be tolerated. These missiles could be equipped with electro-optical seekers, allowing them to use images to adjust their path toward moving targets, according to weapons analysts. Iran unveiled the Qassem Bassir, a medium-range ballistic missile equipped with such seeker technology, last year, according to John Caves, a senior research associate at the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control. He said other Iranian missiles, including the Khalij Fars, also use the technology.
After Iran tried to target a US aircraft carrier over the weekend, the US struck three Iranian oil tankers.