US Says Iran Strikes Hit Air Defenses and Drone Sites

U.S. officials said the strikes against Iran are hitting air defense systems, coastal surveillance or tracking systems, surface-to-air missiles, anti-ship cruise missile sites, drone launch sites and Iranian port facilities. The officials said the operation was expected to last for hours, and one report said it would be larger than the late-June U.S. attacks on Iran. The target list follows attacks on three commercial vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, where U.S. officials accused Iran of firing missiles at ships off Oman. The reported targets are military and port nodes tied to Iran's ability to defend, track and launch attacks around a shipping lane central to Israel's regional security and global energy trade.