U.S. Forces Fire Hellfire Missiles into Steering Gear of Containership Vela Nova in Gulf of Oman

U.S. forces fired two Hellfire missiles at the Panama-flagged containership Vela Nova in the Gulf of Oman on August 11, disabling the vessel's steering gear after it ignored repeated warnings that it was in violation of the U.S. naval blockade, CENTCOM confirmed. The action marks the sixth vessel disabled by U.S. forces under the blockade regime.