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US conducts strikes with 5000-pound bombs along Strait of Hormuz

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NZ Herald,
Publish Date
Wed, 18 Mar 2026, 7:08am
A US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber takes off from RAF Fairford in south-west England on March 15, 2026. Fairford is one of two bases, along with the Diego Garcia facility in the Indian Ocean, that the UK has given the US permission to use for "specific defensive operations into Iran" to destroy Iranian missiles at source, the British defence minister said in a statement. Photo / AFP
A US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber takes off from RAF Fairford in south-west England on March 15, 2026. Fairford is one of two bases, along with the Diego Garcia facility in the Indian Ocean, that the UK has given the US permission to use for "specific defensive operations into Iran" to destroy Iranian missiles at source, the British defence minister said in a statement. Photo / AFP

US conducts strikes with 5000-pound bombs along Strait of Hormuz

Author
NZ Herald,
Publish Date
Wed, 18 Mar 2026, 7:08am

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