US Says Latest Iran Strikes Guard Oil Flow, Not Retaliation
The Pentagon hit about 140 Iranian targets overnight, pushing three nights of strikes past 300 missile, drone and naval sites.
- 140 targets hit overnight: missile sites, drone bases, ammunition depots, naval assets, coastal radar.
- Three nights this week pushed the total past 300 Iranian military targets struck.
- CENTCOM says 800 commercial ships, 400 million barrels of oil crossed Hormuz since May.
Why it matters: Guarding oil lanes and waging war on a state's military are, in practice, the same campaign.