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Iranian ship tries blinding 2 US Navy ships, gets ‘dangerously close’ to them
 
DECEMBER 07, 2022 JUSTIN COOPER
 
An Iranian military patrol boat came dangerously close to two U.S. Navy ships in international waters Monday night and apparently tried to blind them with a spotlight, according to a U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) press release.

CENTCOM called it “unsafe and unprofessional” conduct as the U.S. passed through the Strait of Hormuz, which provides access to the Persian Gulf as one of the most strategically important choke points in the world.

The Iranian boat crossed within 150 yards of the U.S. ships – dangerously close, particularly at night,” CENTCOM stated. The U.S. ships used audible warnings and non-lethal lasers to end the situation and completed their routine transit without another incident, according to the press release.

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2022/12/iranian-ship-tries-blinding-2-us-navy-ships-gets-dangerously-close-to-them/
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The U.S. ships used audible warnings and non-lethal lasers to end the situation and completed their routine transit without another incident, according to the press release.

That isn't all they did!  I'll bet they used some really incorrect pronouns in the wheelhouse to describe the Iranians! 9999hair out0000
The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee that, from different causes and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth.  George Washington - Farewell Address