@Open Source Intel: The USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group continues round-the-clock flight operations in the Red Sea. - CENTCOM


President Donald J. Trump stated that Iran is experiencing internal conflict between hardliners and moderates, with the hardliners suffering battlefield losses. He also declared that the United States has complete control over the Strait of Hormuz, allowing no ships to pass without U.S. Navy approval.
On Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the country's military to target and destroy all Iranian minelaying boats in the Strait of Hormuz, according to a post on his social media platform Truth Social. The U.S. Department of Defense later clarified that a Washington Post report suggesting it could take six months to clear the strait of mines was "selective and incorrect."
President Trump ordered the U.S. Navy to shoot and destroy any boats attempting to lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz, instructing mine-sweeping operations to triple their efforts.
On Truth Social, former U.S. President Donald Trump announced orders for the U.S. Navy to target and destroy any boats, including small ones, involved in laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, stating that all 159 Iranian naval vessels have been sunk. He also directed an intensification of mine-clearing operations in the strait.
The USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group continues round-the-clock flight operations in the Red Sea. - CENTCOM