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The US military launched \u201cself-defense strikes\u201d on Qeshm Island, a key location where the Iranian regime houses ballistic missiles used in its continuing attacks against Kuwait and Bahrain, according to US Central Command.<\/p>\n

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American forces downed several Iranian missiles and drones in tandem with the \u201cself-defense strikes\u201d on the island, CENTCOM announced Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Tehran launched at least five missiles that \u201cfailed to hit their intended targets\u201d in neighboring Gulf countries. Two fell short or splintered mid-air while the other three were intercepted by US and Bahrain air defense forces, according to CENTCOM.<\/p>\n

Iranian state media broadcast that three missiles struck \u201cenemy bases\u201d in Kuwait.<\/p>\n

CENTCOM also shot down three one-way attack drones that Iranian forces fired toward civilian mariners in the surrounding regional waters. The US\u2019s strike targeted a military ground control station on the island, which sits along the critical Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

The US military condemned the \u201cunwarranted Iranian aggression during the ongoing ceasefire.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, meanwhile, painted its attacks on Kuwait as a response to US forces\u2019 \u201cbrazen and blatant aggression\u201d in strikes on Qeshm Island.<\/p>\n

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It warned that Tuesday\u2019s strikes were merely an \u201cinitial response.\u201d<\/p>\n

The renewed strikes came just one day after the Islamic Republic obliterated an American drone and ordered a drone strike on a US base in Kuwait.<\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s strikes also centered around Qeshm Island, the Iranian regime\u2019s underground and heavily fortified \u201cmissile city.\u201d<\/p>\n

The firefights have only escalated since IRGC mine-laying spurred American strikes in Bandar Abbas, Iran\u2019s primary naval station, last week.<\/p>\n

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