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The news of a very sensational international military confrontation has come to light near the ‘Strait of Hormuz’, the most sensitive and strategically important maritime shipping route of West Asia. The US Navy has completely disabled a suspicious oil tanker with a direct attack near the coast of Oman. During this extremely high-profile action, a massive fire broke out throughout the ship and it began sinking into the sea. The most shocking thing is that there were a total of 24 sailors on board this controversial tanker, including the Captain, all of whom are of Indian origin. After this attack, there was a stir in the international maritime corridor and the Indian Ministry of External Affairs had to immediately come to the diplomatic front to save the lives of its citizens.
Tragic message sent from sinking ship, India and Oman jointly conducted mega-rescue operation
After this aggressive military action by the US Navy, when this huge oil tanker named ‘MT Matrix’ started sinking in the middle of the ocean, the Indian sailors present on it immediately issued an international emergency ‘Mayday Call’. As soon as the news of Indian sailors being in trouble was received, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Shipping in New Delhi immediately went into full alert mode. Without wasting any time, Indian officials contacted the top leadership of the Government of Oman and the Omani Navy. After this, Omani authorities carried out a very bold and quick rescue operation in the sea and safely brought out all the 24 Indian sailors trapped on the ship from the jaws of death. The Indian Shipping Ministry has officially confirmed that all the sailors are completely safe and are being properly taken care of.
The ship was blacklisted in the US sanctions list, the captain did not agree even after repeated warnings
Late in the evening in Washington, the US Navy officially accepted this major attack. According to defense sources and information received from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Finance Ministry, even though this oil tanker was being operated by Indian sailors, it was not owned by India. The ship was registered in the country of ‘Palau’ and had been declared completely blacklisted under US sanctions. According to the US Navy, this ship had made dangerous attempts to break the strict US Blockade at sea four times in the last few days. Thrice it had retreated after being warned by American warships, but the fourth time it showed audacity.
Tanker was entering Omani border after switching off signal, US Navy took strict action after seeing suspicious activity
US defense officials said that on June 8, the ship made a vicious move to dodge the American blockade. The captain of the ship tried to illegally use Oman’s territorial waters and out of fear of being caught, he completely switched off all the automatic tracking and signaling devices (AIS) of the ship so that its location could not be detected on international radar. Seeing such suspicious behavior of a blacklisted ship in this very sensitive area of the sea, the US Navy considered it a major security threat and immediately took military action and attacked the ship and disabled it forever.
Where was the crew running with the empty ship? Indian Defense Ministry and Navy are keeping an eye
Another interesting thing that has come to light in this mysterious incident is that at the time of the attack, there was no commercial cargo or crude oil loaded inside this oil tanker. The ship was completely empty, hence questions are being raised as to what secret mission this blacklisted ship was going on by avoiding the American blockade and switching off its signals. A thorough investigation into its activities has been started. During a special news briefing held in New Delhi, Opesh Kumar Sharma, Director, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways said that his ministry is maintaining moment-to-moment coordination with the Indian Navy and the Defense Ministry on this entire incident so that the legal and physical security of our citizens can be completely ensured.
