Tanker Attack Raises New Questions About U.S. ‘Secret Mission’ in Hormuz

A commercial tanker was struck by an unidentified projectile near the Strait of Hormuz overnight while transiting an area associated with a covert U.S.-coordinated shipping corridor that has been used to move vessels through the region during the ongoing crisis.

According to a warning issued Saturday by UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), the incident occurred approximately six nautical miles east of Oman near the southeastern approaches to the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most strategically important maritime chokepoints.

“It is reported a tanker was struck by an unknown projectile in the port bow,” UKMTO said in Advisory 068-26. The