Open-source reporting indicates US Central Command shot down multiple Iranian one-way attack drones launched towards commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on 13 June. The intercepts are part of a US military campaign, running since mid-March, to keep the strait open after Iran moved to close it in the wake of US and Israeli airstrikes. Iranian state media reported explosions near the port of Sirik and Qeshm Island.
The detail that matters for protective teams is not the day's tally but the pattern: the strait is being contested with stand-off weapons on an ongoing basis, and commercial shipping is in the target set.
That reshapes any Gulf movement. Principals and assets transiting or based around Bahrain, the UAE and Oman sit under a corridor exposed to drone and missile overflight, sudden port disruption, and the risk of naval incident escalation with little warning. Advance work should assume the possibility of a closed or contested transit, build in alternative routing and dwell options, and keep maritime and aviation movements under live threat review rather than a fixed plan.
