"That Iran targeted a U.S. aircraft carrier with a ballistic missile "indicates that Tehran is becoming increasingly willing to accept risks it previously sought to avoid, including directly threatening some of the most important U.S. military assets in the region," Danny Citrinowicz, an Iran expert at Israel's Institute for National Security Studies, said on X.
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Earlier, Iranian state television had said that four U.S. missiles struck a tanker about 10 kilometres from Kharg Island, home to a terminal through which the country exports most of its oil."
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