US: Coalition jet hits Iraqi anti-aircraft site

MACDILL AFB, Florida (CNN) -- The U.S. Central Command said Tuesday coalition jets struck an anti-aircraft artillery site in southern Iraq.

A statement said the strike was "in response to recent Iraqi hostile acts against coalition aircraft monitoring the Southern No-Fly Zone" of Iraq.

The statement said "precision-guided weapons" were used against the site. An assessment of the damage done to the target is under way.

There was no immediate response from Iraq.

The statement said, "Coalition strikes in the no-fly zones are executed as a self-defense measure in response to Iraqi hostile threats and acts against coalition forces and their aircraft. If Iraq were to cease its threatening actions, coalition strikes would cease as well. The last coalition strike in the Southern No-Fly Zone was against an Iraqi anti-aircraft artillery site on July 7.