The U.S. military's wave of 'self-defense' actions was too quick—less than 24 hours from the helicopter being shot down to airstrike retaliation. Is the Middle East powder keg about to escalate again?

CryptoWorld News reports that on June 9th local time, it was learned from U.S. officials that the U.S. military has launched strikes on multiple Iranian air defense systems and radar systems around the Strait of Hormuz. Earlier, the U.S. Central Command stated that under President Trump's orders, the U.S. military began a "self-defense" strike against Iran at 5 p.m. Eastern Time to respond to the previous day's incident where a U.S. Apache helicopter was shot down.