Coalition forces strike site in Iraqi no-fly zone

MACDILL Air Force Base, Florida (CNN) -- U.S.-coalition aircraft fired precision-guided weapons on an anti-aircraft artillery site in southern Iraq's no-fly zone Tuesday, in response to recent Iraqi "hostile acts," the United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) said in a written statement.

The attack, which took place at 3:30 a.m. EDT, comes less than a month after the last coalition strike in the southern no-fly zone on May 18.

Coalition officials are still assessing the damage, according to the statement.

There was no immediate reaction from Iraq.

The command estimates that Iraq has violated the southern no-fly zone restrictions more than 160 times, since December 1998.

USCENTCOM also said Iraq has fired on coalition aircraft in more than 900 separate incidents, during the same period.

The U.S. Central Command, based at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida is a division of the Department of Defense, which protects U.S. security interests in several countries, including Iraq.