U.S. military ship fires 30 warning shots after encounter with Iranian vessels
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This content was published on May 10, 2021 - 20:23
May 10, 2021 - 20:23
By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -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.
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FILE PHOTO: Island-class patrol boat USCGC Maui (WPB 1304). (Photo: Meleesa Gutierrez / U.S. Army)
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.
By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart
WASHINGTON, May 10 (Reuters) - 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.
Coast Guard Cutter Fires Warning Shots at Charging Iranian Speedboats
The Island-class patrol boat USCGC Maui navigates through the Arabian Gulf, Jan. 1, 2019. (U.S. Army/Spc. Meleesa Gutierrez)
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A U.S. Coast Guard cutter fired warning shots from its .50-caliber machine gun at a large group of armed Iranian speedboats that were quickly approaching American ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday morning.
In a briefing with reporters, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said that the group of 13 fast boats were part of Iran s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, or IRGCN. He called the encounter significant.
The boats conducted unsafe and unprofessional maneuvers, and failed to exercise due regard for the safety of U.S. forces as required under international law, while operating in close proximity to U.S. naval vessels that were transiting the Strait of Hormuz, Kirby said.