Two US officials familiar with the operation revealed to CNN that as the US and Iran began a new round of mutual attacks on Tuesday, the US military escorted 40 commercial vessels carrying 18 million barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, and the scale of the escort reached a new wartime high. Before the war broke out more than six months ago, about 20 million barrels of oil were transported through the strait every day. Officials said that the US military used multi-dimensional combat forces in the air, sea, and space, on the one hand, to continuously attack Iran's ability to attack merchant ships in the strait, and on the other hand, it withstood multiple rounds of drone attacks while carrying out high-risk escort missions for ships carrying millions of barrels of oil. The first official added that the US military also destroyed several anti-ship cruise missiles during the escort operation. Two officials revealed that on Tuesday, the US side carried out a multi-dimensional operation based on the current strategy to attack nearly 60 military targets around the strait, covering air defense positions, radar systems, offshore installations, mining forces, and communication stations, while carrying out ship escort missions.

Two US officials familiar with the operation revealed to CNN that as the US and Iran began a new round of mutual attacks on Tuesday, the US military escorted 40 commercial vessels carrying 18 million barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, and the scale of the escort reached a new wartime high. Before the war broke out more than six months ago, about 20 million barrels of oil were transported through the strait every day. Officials said that the US military used multi-dimensional combat forces in the air, sea, and space, on the one hand, to continuously attack Iran's ability to attack merchant ships in the strait, and on the other hand, it withstood multiple rounds of drone attacks while carrying out high-risk escort missions for ships carrying millions of barrels of oil. The first official added that the US military also destroyed several anti-ship cruise missiles during the escort operation. Two officials revealed that on Tuesday, the US side carried out a multi-dimensional operation based on the current strategy to attack nearly 60 military targets around the strait, covering air defense positions, radar systems, offshore installations, mining forces, and communication stations, while carrying out ship escort missions.