We will ‘DESTROY’ Iran’s oil fleet: CENTCOM commander WARNS regime after strikes

>> YES MILITARY STRIKES THREE. IRANIAN OIL TANKERS IN A NEW. ROUND OF RETALIATION AND I AM. JON SCOTT THIS BRAND-NEW HOUR OF. THE FOX REPORT. >> THE STRIKES COME AFTER. CENTCOM CITED IRAN'S REVOLUTION. REGARD FIRED BALLISTIC MISSILES. AT TWO AMERICAN WARSHIPS AND. BOTH SHIPS EVADED THE ATTACKS.

AND CENTCOM SO THE NO AMERICAN. PERSONNEL WERE HURT FOX TEAM. COVERAGE KNOWING HOW IS HOGAN. SITTING BY THE WHITE HOUSE AND. WE BEGIN WITH CHIEF FOREIGN. CORRESPONDENT TRADE BEINGS TO. HIS REPORTING LIVE IN THE GULF. REGION. >> YES GOOD AFTERNOON WE ARE. TRACKING THESE LATEST. DEVELOPMENTS, HAS THE U.S. MILITARY SAID THAT THEY. TARGETED, THREE IRANIAN OIL. TANKERS AFTER U.S. WARSHIPS CAME. UNDER DIRECT ATTACK FROM THE IRG. SEE THIS ALL STARTED ON FRIDAY.

NIGHT WHEN ACCORDING TO CENTCOM, MULTIPLE WAVES OF MISSILES WERE. FIRED BY IRAN AT A U.S. AIRCRAFT. CARRIER AND GUIDED MISSILE. DESTROYER AND THAT DREW THE U.S. RESPONSE, TARGETING THESE. IRANIAN OIL TANKERS AND IT. RAISES REAL QUESTIONS KNOW ABOUT. THIS NEW BATTLE FOR THE STRAIT. OF HORMUZ WE DO KNOW THAT. CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL BRAD. COOPER RELEASED A STATEMENT SAID. THAT THE MESSAGE TO THE RECEIPT. BE CLEAR IF YOU SHOOT IT TWO OF. OUR SHIPS, WE WILL OPPOSE HIM. AND EVEN HIGHER ECONOMIC COST.

TAKING OUT THREE OF YOURS AND. COUPLE G GOES ON TO SAY THAT WE. WILL NOT HESITATE TO DEFEND. AMERICAN FORCES AND IF. NECESSARY, DESTROY THE LIMITED. EXPOSED OIL PLAYED ALL HIS. TAKING PLACE THE ONGOING U.S. NAVAL BLOCKADE IS AFFECTING THE. IRANIAN ECONOMY, THE CAPITOL. WITH THE ONGOING SANCTIONS, THEY. ARE TARGETING RESUME OFFICIALS. AND TEHRAN THE TERM. ADMINISTRATION IS HOPING THAT. THIS CHANGES IRANIAN BEHAVIOR. AND EVENTUALLY CHANGES THE. SITUATION IN THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ BUT AGAIN COME THE LATEST. INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE HERE. FROM THE REGION AND THE GULF, HE.

INDICATES THAT THE UNITED STATES. HAS TARGETED THREE IRANIAN OIL. TANKERS IN RESPONSE TO MISSILE. ATTACKS ON U.S. WARSHIPS TO. NEPTUNE TANKERS THE VIDEO MAKES. CLEAR TREY YINGST THE ENGINE. ROOM WAS A SIDE OF THE STRIKES. THEY WERE DISABLING THE THIRD. ONE WAS A MUCH BIGGER ATTACK. COME IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT. TANKER WAS EMPTY, WAS ARE. CARRYING AND THAT IS WHY THE. U.S. DECIDED TO GO AFTER MORE. VIGOROUSLY.

>> YES, AND LOCAL MEDIA REPORTS. THAT IRAN COME THERE ARE. INDICATIONS THAT THE UNITED. STATES ACTUALLY COMMUNICATED. WITH THESE VESSELS BEFORE HAND. TO ENSURE THE SAILORS ON BOARD. WERE NOT KILLED IRANIAN SEE. MEDIA RELEASED A CLIP OF THE. U.S. NAVY COMMUNICATING DIRECTLY. WITH ONE OF THE VESSELS. TELLING THE CONTROL ROOM, TO. EVACUATE THE BACKSIDE OF THE. SHIP AND TO ENSURE THE PEOPLE. WERE NOT KILLED IN THE STRIKES. AND SO IS AN I INDICATION THAT E. WAS MILITARY WANTS TO SEND A. VERY CLEAR MESSAGE OF FORCE, TO.

THE IRANIANS WITH NO LOOKING TO. KILL BILLIONS IN THE PROCESS AND. AS THIS MOVES HER WITH HIS OR. QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW IRANIANS. WILL RESPOND, ALL COUNTRIES. ACROSS THE REGION HAVE INDICATED. THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS. GIVEN THE E FACT THAT MANY OF TM. HAVE COME UNDER DIRECT IRANIAN. ATTACK THIS YEAR. AND WE SAW JUST LAST WEEK OF THE. IRANIANS LAUNCHING NEW MISSILES. THAT U.S. FORCES IN JORDAN. ANY NOTICES CONDUCTING A SERIES. OF STRIKES, AGAINST HIS COASTAL. AREA SOUTHWESTERN IRAN AND AGAIN. TO TRY TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF.

THREATS TO COMMERCIAL VESSELS IN. THIS CRITICAL WATERWAY AND THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ REMAINS AN AREA. OF FOCUS, AND DESPITE THE FACT. THE UNITED STATES IS ESCORTING. MILLIONS OF BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL. OUT OF THE GOAL FOR EACH DAY, YOU STILL HAVE THE RGC LAUNCHING. ATTACKS IN THIS AREA MAY HAVE. NOW EXPANDED THOSE ATTACKS, NOT. JUST TARGETING COMMERCIAL. VESSELS BUT ALSO THE U.