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US military drops 5,000-pound deep-penetrator bombs near Strait of Hormuz 

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CitrixNews Staff
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US military drops 5,000-pound deep-penetrator bombs near Strait of Hormuz 

The U.S. military dropped multiple 5,000-pound deep-penetrator bombs on “hardened” Iranian anti-ship missile sites on Tuesday along the country’s coastline near the Strait of Hormuz.  “The Iranian anti-ship cruise missiles in these sites posed a risk to international shipping in the strait,” the U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said. The employment of the munitions, known as Coastal…

Originally reported by The Hill