JAKARTA - The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US General Dan Caine revealed that until now the US forces carrying out the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz have not carried out ambushes and boarded Iranian-affiliated ships.
This was conveyed by Caine in a press conference with US Secretary of Defense (Menhan) Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon, Thursday, April 16 local time, reported The New York Times.
Caine said that in its military operations to blockade the Strait of Hormuz and potentially expand into the Indo-Pacific region, the US navy would fire warning shots at ships attempting to break through the blockade.
He emphasized that until now there have been no US forces intercepting and boarding ships that violated the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.
The effort was implemented by the US military during the era of President Donald Trump's administration, as well as during the blockade of oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela in late 2025-early 2026.
At that time, the US deployed its warships in Caribbean waters and ambushed an oil tanker that violated the blockade.
The US Department of Defense on its social media account on January 15, 2026, also uploaded the actions of US forces boarding the deck of a tanker ship that violated the blockade related to Venezuela.
At the same time, the US used its warships to bomb small boats in the southern Caribbean under the pretext of fighting the drug trade, although it often did not show any evidence after destroying them.
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