{"id":155951,"date":"2026-08-11T20:16:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T20:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155951"},"modified":"2026-08-11T20:16:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T20:16:16","slug":"us-military-says-it-has-fired-on-ship-in-gulf-of-oman-to-enforce-blockade-of-iranian-portsunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155951","title":{"rendered":"US military says it has fired on ship in Gulf of Oman to enforce blockade of Iranian portsUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostA US helicopter on Tuesday fired missiles into the engine room of a Panama-flagged cargo ship that attempted to break the American blockade of Iran\u2019s ports, the United States military said.<br \/>\nThe US Navy MH-60 helicopter fired on and disabled the M\/V Vela Nova \u201cafter the ship\u2019s civilian crew ignored repeated warnings from American forces\u201d, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on social media, adding that the vessel \u201cis no longer transiting to Iran in violation of the US blockade\u201d.<br \/>\nIt was initially&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/middle-east\/article\/3363706\/us-military-says-it-has-fired-ship-gulf-oman-enforce-blockade-iranian-ports?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostA US helicopter on Tuesday fired missiles into the engine room of a Panama-flagged cargo ship that attempted to break the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155951"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}