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US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet disables oil tanker with precision munition in Gulf of Oman

A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln fired a precision munition into an oil tanker’s engineering and steering spaces, effectively disabling the vessel in the Gulf of Oman. The action follows continued efforts to deter tanker movement in the region.

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