{"id":12799,"date":"2026-06-05T23:31:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T23:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=12799"},"modified":"2026-06-05T23:31:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T23:31:50","slug":"us-military-shot-down-iranian-drones-launched-toward-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=12799","title":{"rendered":"US military shot down Iranian drones launched toward Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The U.S. military said it shot down four Iranian drones that were launched toward the Strait of Hormuz on Friday and then struck some of the Islamic Republic\u2019s coastal surveillance radar sites in response.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=12797\">3 detainees who recently spoke to congressional visitors at Adelanto ICE facility reportedly sent to solitary confinement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe attack drones posed an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic,\u201d U.S. Central Command said on social media. The military is enforcing a blockade on Iranian ports in response to Tehran\u2019s chokehold on the crucial corridor for global oil and natural gas shipments, which has sent energy prices spiking.<\/p>\n<p>It was the latest in back-and-forth attacks that have strained the tenuous ceasefire in\u00a0the war\u00a0and efforts to reach a deal to extend that truce.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Iranian drones heavily damaged a passenger terminal at Kuwait\u2019s main airport, killing one person, wounding dozens and briefly closing the airfield.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the attacks raising new concerns that the ceasefire could collapse, Trump reiterated this week that he\u2019s certain his administration is on track to successfully wrap up the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=12795\">NCAA Super Regional: Carpentier powers USC baseball past North Carolina<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to win one way or another,\u201d Trump told reporters Thursday in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n<p>His administration also has touted the latest ceasefire agreed to this week by the Lebanese government and Israel after U.S.-brokered talks in Washington. That\u2019s despite the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group rejecting the agreement and new attacks launched by both sides.<\/p>\n<p>The fighting in Lebanon, where Israeli forces have seized large swaths of the south, also threatens efforts to end the Iran war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. 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