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US F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet fires on Iranian tanker that tried to break Strait of Hormuz blockade

Nypost · · 307 words · By Ronny Reyes
US-Iran Naval Conflict Economic Warfare Maritime Blockade
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10 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The US military fired on and disabled an Iranian-flagged tanker that tried to break the naval blockade around the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that the US military disabled an Iranian-flagged tanker (M/T Hasna) on Wednesday for violating a blockade in the Gulf of Oman/Strait of Hormuz area.
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web search NEUTRAL — The three largest airlines in the world, by total number of passengers carried, are U.S.-based; American Airlines became the global leader after its 2013 merger with US Airways. [405]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
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web search NEUTRAL — The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S. or US) or colloquially as America, is a country that is mainly in North America. It is made of 50 states, 1 federal district (…
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
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web search NEUTRAL — Get facts about the U.S., its laws, history, and statistics. Buy government property. Learn about the president and how to contact elected officials and federal agencies.
https://www.usa.gov/about-the-us
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“The M/T Hasna was intercepted by American forces at around 9 a.m. EST”
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Web search results specifically identify the vessel as the M/T Hasna and confirm it was intercepted by US forces on Wednesday.
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web search NEUTRAL — United States military forces operating in the Gulf of Oman disabled an Iranian-flagged oil tanker on Wednesday after it allegedly failed to comply with warnings related to an ongoing US maritime bloc…
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2606691/us-forces-disable-irani…
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web search NEUTRAL — “CENTCOM forces observed M/T Hasna as it transited international waters enroute to an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman. American forces issued multiple warnings and informed the Iranian-flagged vessel…
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/f-a-18-super-hornet-j…
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web search NEUTRAL — The US Armed Forces intercepted the Majestic X ship in the Indian Ocean, allegedly carrying oil from Iran, the Pentagon said on Thursday. 2026-04-23T11:39+0000.
https://sputnikglobe.com/20260423/pentagon-says-us-intercept…
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“a fighter jet firing its auto-cannon at the ship when it attempted to sail towards an Iranian port in the Gulf of Oman, said US Central Command (CENTCOM)”
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Multiple sources confirm US CENTCOM reported that a fighter jet used its cannon to disable the ship as it attempted to reach an Iranian port in the Gulf of Oman.
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web search NEUTRAL — US Central Command said on Wednesday that its forces attacked and disabled an Iranian-flagged oil tanker, the M/T Hasna, in the Gulf of Oman, which it claimed was attempting to bypass the US blockade …
https://news.antiwar.com/2026/05/06/us-centcom-says-it-attac…
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web search NEUTRAL — The fighter jet fired a series of shots from its 20 mm cannon to disable the tanker’s rudder, and the Hasna has since halted its course toward Iran.
https://californiainsider.com/national/us-fighter-jet-fires-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The US military said its forces fired on and disabled an Iranian-flagged tanker en route to an Iranian port in the Gulf of Oman early Wednesday after it ignored warnings that it was violating the Amer…
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2026/05/06/us…
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“US forces disabled the tanker’s rudder by firing several rounds from the 20mm cannon gun of a US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet launched from USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)”
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While the use of a 20mm cannon to disable the rudder is mentioned in one web result, the specific detail regarding the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) is not corroborated by the other provided sources. Wikipedia entries only confirm the general specs of the F/A-18, not the specific mission details.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Boeing F/A-18E and F/A-18F Super Hornet are a series of American supersonic twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole fighter aircraft derived from the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. The Super Hor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_F/A-18E/F_Super_Hornet
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet (official military designation CF-188) is a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) variant of the American McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet fighter aircraft. In 1980, the F/…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_CF-18_Hornet
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is an all-weather supersonic, twin-engined, carrier-capable, multirole combat aircraft, designed as both a fighter and ground attack aircraft (hence the F/A designa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Horne…
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“The US has maintained a blockade against all ships attempting to enter or depart Iranian ports”
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Wikipedia and multiple news sources confirm that President Trump ordered a blockade of ships entering or leaving Iranian ports.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On April 12, 2025, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Al…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been engaged in a war with Iran and its regional allies. The conflict began when the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting mili…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Relations between Iran and the United States in modern-day are unsettled and have a troubled history. They began in the mid-to-late 19th century, when Iran was known to the Western world as Qajar Pers…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–United_States_relations
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“Iranian-linked ships were the only vessels sailing through the Strait of Hormuz after Tehran shut down the oil chokepoint”
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The claim that ONLY Iranian-linked ships were sailing is contradicted by evidence stating that a French container ship, three Oman-linked tankers, and a Japanese gas carrier crossed the strait on April 3.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Strait of Hormuz is a major route for illicit trade between the Musandam Peninsula, an exclave of Oman, and the southern coast of Iran. The city of Khasab in Musandam is the primary hub for this c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz
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web search NEUTRAL — At least four Iran-linked ships were seen transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday (April 14), nearly 24 hours after the U.S. began its blockade of Iranian ports and coastal areas in adherence with …
https://www.iheart.com/content/2026-04-14-iran-linked-ships-…
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web search NEUTRAL — About 100 ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz between 1 March and 20 March, BBC Verify analysis showed earlier this month. On 3 April, a French container ship, three Oman-linked tankers and a Ja…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78n6p09pzno
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“which saw more than 130 ships cross its waters every day before the war”
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The provided web search results for this claim returned dictionary definitions of the word 'more' rather than statistical data about ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.
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web search NEUTRAL — Examples of more in a Sentence Adjective I felt more pain after the procedure, not less. The new engine has even more power. You like more sugar in your tea than I do.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/more
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web search NEUTRAL — More or less means ‘mostly’, ‘nearly’ or ‘approximately’. We use it in mid position (between the subject and main verb, or after the modal verb or first auxiliary verb, or after be as a main verb).
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/more
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web search NEUTRAL — (used with a pl. verb) A greater or additional number of persons or things: I opened only two bottles but more were in the refrigerator.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/more
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“President Trump recently said that the blockade will remain in place”
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Wikipedia and news reports explicitly state that President Trump clarified the blockade would remain in effect.
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web search NEUTRAL — President Trump later clarified that the US blockade against vessels departing from or docking at Iranian ports would still remain in effect, despite this development. [58]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_naval_block…
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web search NEUTRAL — The president said the U.S.'s blockade on Iranian shipping in the region will remain in effect, and lambasted allies for their lack of support.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/17/iran-war-strait-of-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The U.S. blockade of Iranian ports is now fully into effect, "completely" cutting off Tehran's international sea trade that powers about 90% of its economy, the U.S. Central Command said late ...
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/15/us-strait-of-hormuz-blockade…
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“52 commercial vessels had been stopped and redirected by US forces since the blockade went into effect last month”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the specific number of 52 commercial vessels stopped.
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“the US and Iran exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz, with the US sinking six of Tehran’s fast attack boats patrolling the waterway”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the sinking of six Iranian fast attack boats two days prior to the M/T Hasna incident.
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