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<\/p>\nLos restos del ataque con UAS a un barco de transporte de petr\u00f3leo en medio oriente, fueron analizados por expertos en explosivos de la 5ta Flota de la US NAVY. Se determin\u00f3 que los mismos corresponden a un tipo de Loitering Munition (LM), el Shahed-136 de origen Iran\u00ed y que est\u00e1 siendo empleado masivamente tambi\u00e9n por Rusia en la Invasi\u00f3n a Ucrania. El ataque a un buque de transporte civil completamente desarmado y sin escolta, en aguas internacionales de libre circulaci\u00f3n, empleando tecnolog\u00eda militar de avanzada como las LM o “drones kamikaze”y cuyo origen se ha podido determinar, es un suceso de enorme gravedad que provoca un efecto desestabilizador en la ya convulsionada regi\u00f3n.<\/p>\n
Debris from an aerial drone attack on a tanker ship in the Middle East points to Iranian involvement, the U.S. Navy\u2019s 5th Fleet said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Navy investigators said the unmanned aircraft used last week against the M\/T Pacific Zircon was the same type that Iran has sent to Russia for use in Ukraine, 5th Fleet said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The accusation comes as Iran and the U.S. accuse each other of destabilizing the Middle East, which analysts say is locked in a cold war between Tehran and Washington\u2019s partners.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Iranian attack on a commercial tanker transiting international waters was deliberate, flagrant and dangerous, endangering the lives of the ship\u2019s crew and destabilizing maritime security in the Middle East,\u201d said Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, leader of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and the Combined Maritime Forces regional coalition.<\/p>\n
Nournews, an Iranian news agency affiliated with the country\u2019s security forces, blamed Israel for the attack, a Reuters report said last week.<\/p>\n
The attack on the M\/T Pacific Zircon, a Liberian-flagged commercial tanker, began at about 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 15 in the northern Arabian Sea, the U.S. Navy said.<\/p>\n
Photos provided by the Navy show a 30-inch-wide hole torn into the ship\u2019s hull.<\/p>\n
The British frigate HMS Lancaster, the destroyer USS The Sullivans and the patrol coastal ship USS Chinook responded to the attack, NAVCENT said.<\/p>\n
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Sailors boarded the tanker Nov. 16 to survey the damage and collect evidence, the statement said.<\/p>\n
Two Navy explosive ordnance technicians said they found debris from a Shahed-136 drone and\u00a0explosives\u00a0residue. These were sent to a lab at NAVCENT headquarters in Bahrain for testing, the statement said.<\/p>\n
The Shahed-136 is a loitering munition drone<\/a>\u00a0that has been used by Iran and its proxies across the Middle East. Drones with the Shahed-136\u2019s trademark delta wings have recently been identified in videos showing attacks on cities in Ukraine.<\/p>\n Last week,\u00a0the U.S. sanctioned Iranian companies<\/a>\u00a0it says are involved in the delivery of these aerial drones to Russia, which Moscow has used in attacks against civilian infrastructure in Ukraine.<\/p>\n The U.S. last week also blacklisted more than a dozen companies it says are helping Iran avoid sanctions while selling millions of dollars\u2019 worth of petroleum products, and it added to sanctions on state broadcasters the U.S. says are airing forced confessions from dissidents. Rolling protests continue throughout Iran after the death of a woman in police custody in September. On Monday, Iran\u2019s World Cup soccer team showed its opposition to the state\u2019s violent crackdown on the protesters by refusing to sing the country\u2019s national anthem.<\/p>\n Iranian politicians have blamed the spread of the protests on foreign countries.<\/p>\n U.S.-Iran ties are also strained by stalled negotiations over Tehran\u2019s nuclear program. Iran says its intentions for the program are peaceful, but the regime was\u00a0censured last week by the International Atomic Energy Agency<\/a>, the United Nations\u2019 nuclear watchdog, for stonewalling\u00a0site investigations.<\/p>\n