Iran's IRGC fires ballistic missiles at US aircraft carrier and destroyer near Hormuz

CENTCOM said Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps launched ballistic missiles toward a US Navy aircraft carrier and a destroyer patrolling near the Strait of Hormuz. Neither ship was hit and no US servicemembers were injured, but the strike on a carrier marked a sharp escalation. CENTCOM said the missile launch is what prompted US forces to subsequently disable and destroy three Iranian oil tankers the same day.

Why this matters. A direct ballistic-missile launch at a US carrier group crosses a threshold that could trigger a broader US military response against Iranian territory, beyond the tanker-for-tanker exchanges seen previously.