Tanker in Strait of Hormuz Hit by Limpet Mines, Security Sources Say

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A small boat reportedly attached two limpet mines to a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, igniting a fire in the engine room and temporarily disabling the vessel. Maritime sources described it as the first successful use of such explosives in the waterway since the US-Iran war began in February.

A small boat attached two limpet mines to the hull of a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz causing a fire in its engine room and temporarily disabling the vessel, in the first successful use of such explosives in the waterway since the US war with Iran began in February, maritime sources said on Friday.