US Central Command: On July 16, the US military successfully destroyed the Kalantari Port Maritime Surveillance Tower, which is part of Iran's Revolutionary Guard's decades-long maritime surveillance network along the Gulf of Oman coastline to track and target merchant ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. The destruction of the tower directly reduced the Revolutionary Guard's ability to coordinate attacks on innocent civilian crew members. Furthermore, the strike protected the freedom of navigation of all ships in the region's waters, with the exception of those seeking to violate America's ongoing naval blockade against Iran.

US Central Command: On July 16, the US military successfully destroyed the Kalantari Port Maritime Surveillance Tower, which is part of Iran's Revolutionary Guard's decades-long maritime surveillance network along the Gulf of Oman coastline to track and target merchant ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. The destruction of the tower directly reduced the Revolutionary Guard's ability to coordinate attacks on innocent civilian crew members. Furthermore, the strike protected the freedom of navigation of all ships in the region's waters, with the exception of those seeking to violate America's ongoing naval blockade against Iran.