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Warning Shots Fired at Iranian Gun Boats Harassing US Navy Ships in Strait of Hormuz

Monday, 10 May 2021 03:33 PM

A U.S. Coast Guard ship accompanying a guided-missile submarine and other vessels near the Strait of Hormuz fired warning shots at Iranian fast boats that approached them in an “unsafe” manner on Monday, the Pentagon’s spokesman said.

A large group of fast boats controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps came as close as 150 yards (137 meters) to the U.S. ships when a Coast Guard cutter fired about 30 warning shots from a .50-caliber machine gun, spokesman John Kirby told reporters. He said the Iranian vessels were behaving “very aggressively.”

The encounter is the latest sign of U.S.-Iran tensions in the Middle East and the second time an American ship fired at an Iranian vessel in recent weeks. Late last month, the U.S. released footage of the USS Firebolt firing at Iranian fast boats that came within about 68 yards. In early April, an Iranian boat pulled in front of another Coast Guard vessel, though no shots were fired.

“It’s unsafe, it’s unprofessional, and this kind of activity is the kind of activity that could lead to somebody getting hurt and could lead to a real miscalculation in the region,” Kirby said. “Sadly, harassment by the IRGC navy is not a new phenomenon.”

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JMO...  But 150 yards is a few hundred yards too close for these clowns to encroach. 
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Biden will not do shit about this.  He is Obama's Muzzie loving stooge.
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I said it before, put the warning shots through the hull until the desired result is achieved

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Warning shots?  Utter bullshit, they need to be "blow them out of the water" shots.  Nobody seems willing to do that, so the Iranians will continue to "harass."  It's like refusing to shoot people who throw rocks large enough to kill people.
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