"When the @DeptofWar says quarantine, we mean it. Nothing will stop DoW from defending our Homeland - even in oceans halfway around the world. Overnight, U.S. military forces conducted a right-of-visit, maritime interdiction and boarding on the Aquila II without incident in the INDOPACOM area of responsibility. The Aquila II was operating in defiance of President Trump's established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean. It ran, and we followed."
"No other nation on planet Earth has the capability to enforce its will through any domain. By land, air, or sea, our Armed Forces will find you and deliver justice. You will run out of fuel long before you will outrun us. The Department of War will deny illicit actors and their proxies the ability to defy American power in the global maritime domain."
U.S. military forces seized the Russian tanker Aquila II in the Indian Ocean after tracking the vessel thousands of miles from the Caribbean. U.S. forces executed a right-of-visit, maritime interdiction, and boarding in the INDOPACOM area without incident. The operation was framed as enforcement of a quarantine on sanctioned vessels and described the tanker as operating in defiance of that quarantine. The Aquila II is believed to be exporting sanctioned Russian petroleum products from ports in the Black Sea, Baltic Sea, and Pacific regions. The action emphasizes global U.S. capability to deny illicit maritime activity.
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