Iran used its new electro-optical missiles for the first time in an attempted attack on US warships on Wednesday, officials claimed, as part of Tehran’s retaliation campaign against American vessels in the region. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard fired a wave of strikes overnight targeting US forces in Jordan and 10 US ships near the Strait of Hormuz. The attempted attack on the ships allegedly utilized Iran’s electro-optical seekers, missiles that use cameras and light sensors to track and hit targets with great precision, The Telegraph reported. US Central Command confirmed the strikes, but officials noted that the attack failed along with the one in Jordan, where the Iranian missiles were intercepted.
The strikes came in response to America’s own retaliatory strikes that took out five oil tankers near the regime’s Kharg Island oil hub. “In response to the US’s aggressive actions against Iranian oil tankers, armed forces, in accordance with their inherent right of legitimate defence, attacked US military bases and facilities located in Jordan, which continues to support US military attacks against Iran, as well as several US vessels,” it said.
