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U.S. forces struck three Iranian oil tankers Saturday after Iran fired ballistic missiles at two U.S. Navy warships, U.S. Central Command said. Why it matters: The strikes continue a tit-for-tat war that just passed the six-month mark. A U.S. official told Axios this week it had a new "tanker-for-tanker" policy approved by President Trump. Driving the news: CENTCOM said it retaliated after a U.S. aircraft carrier and guided-missile destroyer evaded missiles fired by Iran. The U.S. attacks "permanently disabled" the M/T Downy and the M/T Stark 1, CENTCOM said in a news release. They also "compl U.S. forces struck three Iranian oil tankers Saturday after Iran fired ballistic missiles at two U.S. Navy warships, U.S. Central Command said. Why it matters: The strikes continue a tit-for-tat war that just passed the six-month mark. A U.S. official told Axios this week it had a new "tanker-for-tanker" policy approved by President Trump. Driving the news: CENTCOM said it retaliated after a U.S. aircraft carrier and guided-missile destroyer evaded missiles fired by Iran. The U.S. attacks "permanently disabled" the M/T Downy and the M/T Stark 1, CENTCOM said in a news release. They also "compl
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Reported context includes the following: U.S. forces struck three Iranian oil tankers Saturday after Iran fired ballistic missiles at two U.S. Navy warships, U.S. Central Command said. Why it matters: The strikes continue a tit-for-tat war that just passed the six-month mark. A U.S. official told Axios this week it had a new "tanker-for-tanker" policy approved by President Trump. Driving the news: CENTCOM said it retaliated after a U.S. aircraft carrier and guided-missile destroyer evaded missiles fired by Iran. The U.S. attacks "permanently disabled" the M/T Downy and the M/T Stark 1, CENTCOM said in a news release. They also "compl U.S. forces struck three Iranian oil tankers Saturday after Iran fired ballistic missiles at two U.S. Navy warships, U.S. Central Command said. Why it matters: The strikes continue a tit-for-tat war that just passed the six-month mark. A U.S. official told Axios this week it had a new "tanker-for-tanker" policy approved by President Trump. Driving the news: CENTCOM said it retaliated after a U.S. aircraft carrier and guided-missile destroyer evaded missiles fired by Iran. The U.S. attacks "permanently disabled" the M/T Downy and the M/T Stark 1, CENTCOM said in a news release. They also "compl
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