U.S. Central Command Reports Iranian Missile and Drone Launches Near Strait of Hormuz

U.S. Central Command stated that Iran launched a ballistic missile toward Kuwait late on May 27 that Kuwaiti air defenses intercepted. ” CENTCOM also reported that Iranian forces launched five one-way attack drones that posed a threat in and around the Strait of Hormuz earlier on May 28.

U.S. forces intercepted the drones and prevented a sixth from launching at an Iranian ground control site in Bandar Abbas.

The ballistic missile launch occurred hours after the drone launches, according to the CENTCOM statement published on May 28. U.S. forces managed the drone interceptions. U.S. forces struck a military site in southern Iran, though CENTCOM did not address that claim in its statement.

The incidents occurred three months into a broader conflict involving Iran, Israel, and the United States. A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon took effect on April 16, after which Israel established a buffer zone covering nearly 600 square kilometers in southern Lebanon.

The European Commission’s energy department warned that continued disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz could tighten jet fuel supplies in the EU in the coming weeks, though no physical supply disruptions have occurred at the consumer level so far. S.