On the evening of Monday September 14 2026 a US aerial drone fired on and destroyed two small IRGC boats attempting to seize a US Navy unmanned surface vessel in the Gulf off Iran's Hormozgan coast near Larak Island, the first announced US kinetic action since the September 8 tanker strikes; Captain Tim Hawkins said US forces forcefully responded and the drone remained under American control. Iranian officials described the boats as fishing vessels attacked by an enemy drone and reported several fishermen missing.