The United States military disabled the Botswana-flagged oil tanker M/T Lexie in international waters after the vessel allegedly ignored repeated warnings and continued sailing towards Iran's Kharg Island, the US central command said. It also released the video from when a US aircraft struck the ship.
According to the central command, the US fired a Hellfire missile at the ship sailing through the key oil export terminal in the Arabian Gulf, preventing it from reaching the Iranian port as part of Washington's ongoing maritime blockade measures against Iran.
US defence secretary Pete Hegseth also reshared the video on his X.
