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US Coast Guard cutter Maui fires 30 warning shots at Iranian fast-attack boats harassing Navy, USCG ships 6 days ago Two Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy fast in-shore attack craft conducted unsafe and unprofessional maneuvers while operating in close proximity to U.S. naval vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz on May 10, 2021. U.S. forces exercised lawful defensive measures after the IRGCN vessels ignored repeated verbal and acoustic warning and closed toward Maui at a high speed and close distance with weapons uncovered and manned. (Navy) U.S. Coast Guard cutter Maui issued a total of 30 warning shots at Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy fast in-shore attack craft on Monday harassing six U.S. vessels marking the second time in just two weeks that U.S. vessels have done so.
2021-05-10 22:06:41 GMT2021-05-11 06:06:41(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
The patrol boat United States Coast Guard Cutter Maui navigates through the Arabian Gulf on Jan. 24, 2019. (Photo credit: U.S. Naval Forces Central Command)
WASHINGTON, May 10 (Xinhua) The Pentagon said on Monday that a U.S. Coast Guard ship fired warning shots during a close encounter with Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) fast boats in the Strait of Hormuz earlier in the day.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said in a daily briefing that six U.S. Navy vessels escorting USS Georgia, a guided missile submarine, encountered 13 IRGCN fast attack boats while transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
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)
10 May 2021
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.