Rare Speedboat Attack in Hormuz Ignites Tanker’s Engine Room
energy_supply_shockMiddle EastBloomberg30 Oct, 15:13 UTC
Context
Explosives attached to the outside of a tanker by fighters in a speedboat damaged the larger vessel’s engine in the Strait of Hormuz, the first attack of its sort in the current conflict and a tactic Iran has used before against commercial shipping.
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