US drops GBU-72 bunker-buster bombs on hardened anti-ship missile sites along Strait of Hormuz for first time in combat

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US Central Command announced that American forces "successfully employed multiple 5,000-pound deep penetrator munitions on hardened Iranian missile sites" along the Strait of Hormuz coastline in Hormozgan Province. A US official confirmed the munitions were the GBU-72 Advanced 5K Penetrator, a massive bunker-buster bomb first tested in 2021 but never previously used in combat. The strikes targeted Iran's anti-ship cruise missile (ASCM) batteries that have been threatening international shipping and US naval vessels transiting the strait. The operation was separate from Israel's earlier strike on the South Pars gas field. No immediate casualty figures were reported. The Strait of Hormuz handles roughly 20% of global oil trade, and Iran had used the ASCM batteries to enforce a de facto shipping blockade since the war began.