What happened

The vessel was disabled by the US military in the Gulf of Oman. CENTCOM said an F/A-18 fired a precision munition into the engineering and steering spaces of the Palau-flagged unladen oil tanker after its crew failed to comply with US directions. CENTCOM described it as sailing toward an Iranian port. No injury information was reported; the release also did not state the precise position or pollution status, and said only that the vessel was no longer sailing to Iran.

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