Iran Reportedly Uses Limpet Mines on UAE Tanker in Strait of Hormuz

A UAE-owned crude tanker, the Louise-1, was disabled in the Strait of Hormuz after two limpet mines attached to its hull detonated, according to the UK Maritime Trade Organization. The crew was unharmed; the attack is attributed to Iran's Revolutionary Guard and would be a new tactic in the seven-month war, with a US military airlift also reported in the region. Taken together, this points to a widening Iran confrontation involving Gulf states and Washington, though the attribution and the reported US build-up remain unconfirmed.