On the 12th the IRGC public relations office said Iran struck a second
"unauthorized vessel" in the Strait of Hormuz and forced it to stop, saying the
action was in response to continued US strikes on Iranian coastal military
bases. The statement said that in a second-stage reprisal Iran used ballistic
missiles to strike the US Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, targeting the base's
fighter maintenance support center and its command-and-control center.