IRGC claims strikes on two US Navy destroyers and eight oil tankers in Gulf

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said its forces targeted the USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119) and USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) along with eight oil tankers in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz, in retaliation for US Central Command's earlier destruction of Iranian crude oil tankers.

Why this matters. A direct claimed strike on two named US Navy guided-missile destroyers marks a sharp escalation from tanker skirmishes to attacks on US warships, raising the risk of a US military response that could further disrupt Hormuz shipping and oil supply.