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.
WASHINGTON: A US vessel fired warning shots at more than a dozen Iranian fast attack boats which buzzed close to a US navy submarine and escort ships in the narrow Strait of Hormuz on Monday, the Pentagon said.
In the second such incident in two weeks, 13 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy fast boats approached the seven US vessels at high speed, closing within 150 yards (137 metres) before one of the US vessels fired 30 shots in two volleys, until they moved away, said Pentagon spokesman John Kirby.
Published in Dawn, May 11th, 2021
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