Weeks ago, the United States proclaimed a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, as the world awaits negotiations on the waterway’s future. However, before dawn on Tuesday, U.S. forces fired on a ship seeking to run the blockade. In July, the U.S. fired on a ship called the M/T Lavine that was also seeking to get through the blockade. CENTCOM SpeaksU.S. Central Command, in a social media post, stated that a Navy MH-60 helicopter, in firing two Hellfire missiles, had “disabled the steering gear of Panama-flagged M/V Vela Nova as the cargo vessel attempted to transit the Gulf of Oman and violate the U.S. What’s Going on With the Strait of Hormuz Talks?