Attack last week appears to be part of the shadow war between Israel and Iran
Navy investigators concluded that the drone used was an Iranian Shahed-136, the same kind of bomb-carrying drone Iran has supplied to Russia in its war on Ukraine.
“The Iranian attack on a commercial tanker transiting international waters was deliberate, flagrant and dangerous, endangering the lives of the ship’s crew and destabilising maritime security in the Middle East,” said vice admiral Brad Cooper, commander of US naval forces central command.
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