How Iran Tries to Intimidate the U.S. Navy’s Smaller Ships
Iranian provocateurs may not be familiar with substantial upgrades the Navy has made to its patrol fleet in recent years.
Iran is once again exhibiting threatening and provocative behavior in the Strait of Hormuz. The country has used its small boats to flex its military prowess as U.S. and Coast Guard ships recently transited the area.
As many as thirteen Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy fast-in-shore attack craft came within just several hundred yards of a small contingent of U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard ships transiting the region, traveling at dangerous speeds greater than thirty-three knots, according to a Navy report.
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U S Navy fires warning shots at Iranian vessels in Persian Gulf
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U.S. Navy fires warning shots at Iranian gunboats in Persian Gulf POLITICO 3 hrs ago By Lara Seligman © U.S. Navy via AP American and Iranian warships had a tense encounter in the Persian Gulf earlier this month, the U.S. Navy said on April 27, 2021.
The U.S. Navy fired warning shots at Iranian military boats in the northern Persian Gulf on Monday, the first such escalation in nearly four years, the Pentagon announced.
The incident marks the second known occurrence this month of Iranian vessels harassing U.S. ships, after a group of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy fast-attack craft swarmed two U.S. Coast Guard cutters at close distances in the Persian Gulf on April 2, the Wall Street Journal first reported.
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