'Very strong and powerful', says Trump about attack on Iran to retaliate for helicopter downing

Trump accuses Iran of shooting down a US helicopter
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, said on Tuesday (9) that the retaliatory attack carried out against Iran for the downing of a North American Apache helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz region was "very strong and powerful".
"I think it is very important to respond. (...) This is a response to what they did to our helicopter last night, and I believe that the response must be very strong, very powerful - and that is what she is", Trump told ABC broadcaster after the start of the attack.
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The bombing was confirmed by the US Army Central Command (Centcom). US forces attacked several air defense and radar systems in the Hormuz region, a US official told Axios. The US attack comes hours after Trump accused Iran of shooting down the helicopter and promised a response. Read more about the incident below.
Iran, in turn, launched its own salvo of bombings against US targets in the Middle East to retaliate for the US attack.
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Several state news agencies such as Irib, Isna and Mehr stated that attacks were recorded on the island of Qeshm, in Hormuz, and in the cities of Bandar Abbas, Sirik, Kohstak and Minab, in the south of the country, but so far they are talking about "origin unknown".
Minutes after the US attack, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced that it had launched missiles and drones against US targets in the region. The military branch said that "just as we warned hours before, Iran will deliver a forceful response to US aggression." Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that the country will not leave any attack or threat unanswered.
It is not yet known how the US retaliatory attack will impact the fragile ceasefire in the conflict, in force since the beginning of April, and will influence negotiations to end the conflict. A US official told CNN International that Tuesday's attack was a warning to Iran and the Trump administration believes it will harm negotiations to end the war.
Even with Tuesday's attack, the US is still seeking a resolution to the conflict, and Trump said on Monday that negotiations for an agreement were "in the final phase". The truce in the war was also violated by Israel and Iran in recent days, in an exchange of bombings criticized by Trump. Analyst Guga Chacra, from GloboNews, stated that the US bombing was "a calibrated and proportional response" to the downing of the helicopter.
Apache helicopter crash in Hormuz
Apache helicopter model AH-64, the same one that crashed near the Strait of Hormuz
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The US Apache helicopter was operating in the Strait of Hormuz region when it crashed around 6:30 pm on Monday, according to U.S. Army Central Command. The two crew members were rescued in stable condition about two hours after the incident.
Captain Tim Hawkins, spokesman for the ministry, stated that the rescue of the soldiers took place in the water and was carried out with an unmanned maritime drone. The model of the equipment is not yet known, only that it is around seven meters long.
The cause of the helicopter crash is under investigation, according to the US Army. A US military official told the Associated Press (AP) news agency in the early afternoon of Tuesday that the Apache AH-64 had been shot down by an Iranian drone. Previously, the US Army suffered drone losses in the region.
The AH-64 Apache is the US Army's main attack helicopter, which considers it one of the most advanced in the world. The model entered service in 1984, can fly at up to 365 km/h, depending on the model and can carry up to 22 precision and self-defense missiles and another 76 unguided rockets in rapid-fire cannons.

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