Iran Attacks U.S. Ships In Hormuz

0:00 Just hours after the US began moving

0:01 forward with its maritime operation dubbed Project Freedom,

0:05 according to US Central Command,

0:06 Iranian forces launched cruise missiles and drones at American

0:10 destroyers and nearby commercial vessels transiting the strait.

0:13 At the same time, six Iranian fast attack

0:16 boats moved in attempting to interfere with those ships.

0:19 US forces responded engaging and destroying

0:22 those boats before they could close the distance.

0:25 What this appears to be is a calibrated

0:26 move by Iran testing US rules of engagement, testing response times,

0:31 testing just how far Washington is willing to go

0:34 to impose itself in the space that Tehran believes it controls.

0:38 And the US response was just as clear.

0:40 American forces didn't hesitate, they engaged.

0:43 They neutralized the threat and they kept the operation moving.

0:46 This was supposed to be a mission to escort ships safely through the contested

0:49 waterway and to demonstrate to the Iranian

0:52 regime that they do not control the strait.

0:54 But given the regime's actions, it's now something else.

0:57 It's a direct confrontation that threatens

0:59 to unravel what's left of the supposed ceasefire.