World·Strait of Hormuz
Thursday's Hormuz tanker attack named as the Louise 1, hit by limpet mines; UKMTO says October brought the most reported strikes of the war
Three maritime security sources told Reuters that the tanker hit Thursday about 25 nautical miles northeast of Oman's Khasab was the Panama-flagged Louise 1, and that a small boat attached two limpet mines to its hull in the first known successful use of such explosives in the strait since the U.S. war with Iran began in February. UKMTO counted just over 30 attacks in and around the Strait of Hormuz in October, twice September's number and the most of any month of the war, with 145 reported incidents since it began, CBS News reported.
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- gCaptain (Reuters)Tanker in Strait of Hormuz Hit by Limpet Mines, Security Sources Say
- CBS News (with AP, AFP)Iran War Updates: Trump says war "going to end soon" as Qatar pushes for a U.S.-Iran deal