US Military Ship Fires 30 Warning Shots After Encounter With Iranian Vessels
WASHINGTON A U.S. Coast Guard ship fired about 30 warning shots after 13 vessels from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) came close to it and other American Navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, the Pentagon said on Monday.
This is the second time within the last month that U.S. military vessels have had to fire warning shots because of what they said was unsafe behavior by Iranian vessels in the region, after a relative lull in such interactions over the past year.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the warning shots were fired after the Iranian fast boats came as close as 150 yards (450 feet) of six U.S. military vessels, including the USS Monterey, that were escorting the guided-missile submarine Georgia.
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image captionThe US Navy vessels were escorting USS Georgia, a guided-missile submarine, as it transited the Strait of Hormuz
A US Coast Guard ship fired warning shots at Iranian boats that came close to American naval vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, the Pentagon says.
The Pentagon said 13 fast boats from Iran s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) came within 140m (459ft) of US vessels on Monday.
The Iranian vessels left after 30 warning shots were fired, the Pentagon said.
This is the second such incident in the region in two weeks.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby accused the Iranian boats of acting very aggressively near the US military vessels, which were escorting USS Georgia, a guided-missile submarine.
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US Navy s Coast Guard vessels fired warning shots at Iran s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) boats in the Strait of Hormuz.
The US ships fired the shots at the IRGC boats after they closed in on the US vessels that were escorting guided missile submarine USS Georgia.
A Pentagon spokesman said the Iranian boats came in on the US ships at high speed and were just about 137 metres away from the US formation when the shots were fired. Earlier today a large group of IRGCN fast boats conducted unsafe and unprofessional maneuvers and failed to exercise due regard for the safety of US forces as required under international law, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.
US ship fires warning shots in encounter with Iranian vessels
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Washington, May 11 : The Pentagon said that a US Coast Guard ship fired warning shots during a close encounter with vessels belonging to the Iran s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) in the Strait of Hormuz.
Addressing a briefing on Monday, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said that six US Navy vessels escorting the USS Georgia, a guided missile submarine, encountered 13 IRGCN fast attack boats while transiting through the Strait of Hormuz earlier in the day, reports Xinhua news agency.