U.S. Central Command stated that a Hellfire missile fired from a U.S. fighter jet disabled the Botswana-flagged M/T Lexie in the Gulf of Oman after the vessel ignored warnings during enforcement of a maritime blockade. The tanker was reported en route to Iran’s Kharg Island. A separate claim from CBS News that a U.S. fighter jet was downed over Iran in April remains supported by a single lower-quality source and contains internal timeline inconsistencies.