Posted on 08/25/2016 12:22:33 PM PDT by Former Proud Canadian
Yesterday, we reported that four Iranian ships carried out a "high speed intercept" of a US destroyer, the USS Nitze, in the Strait of Hormuz, an incident that the official dubbed "unsafe and unprofessional", cited by Reuters. The four vessels belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps "harassed" a U.S. destroyer on Tuesday by carrying out a "high speed intercept" in the vicinity of the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. Defense official said on Wednesday.
Moments ago, CNN reported that in a separate incident, A US Navy ship fired three warning shots after a "harassing" Iranian fast-attack craft approached and circled two U.S. Navy ships and a Kuwaiti vessel in the northern Gulf on Wednesday. It said the U.S. ship fired the shots into the water after the Iranian ship did not leave after a brief radio conversation, according to U.S. officials.
The Iranian ship reportedly circled the U.S. ships, coming within 200 yards of the vessels, and would not leave the area. The U.S. Navy ships then fired several warning flares and attempted to make radio contact with the Iranian ship. After a brief radio exchange, the Iranians refused to leave, CNN reported, forcing the U.S. Navy ships to follow defensive maritime procedures and fire three warning shots at the Iranian vessel.
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For not boarding a USN Destroyer? They can board all they’d like, I just don’t recommend it.
Probably did not plan on boarding.
They may have packed to the gunwales with HE.
Ship? In the video which I saw they were maybe gunboats but certainly not ‘ships’. Somebody is trying to stir the pot.
They wanna start some feces? I say sink everyone in range asap.
yea we need to get back to a big skull on the side, maybe partial skull with reagans face and a comment saying, if you can see me, you are dead..and mean it..keep them back, whats next get used to harrassment until one day they fire when close and kill folks..
Because the bigger guns would be LOUDER to the distant Iranian ships, is why they were chosen, I bet.
I believe this incident involved a USN Typhoon-class patrol boat. They are well armed.
Still, I would wager that a few rounds from either the two Mk38 chain guns, two Mk19 automatic grenade launchers, might have gotten a bit more respect. (The MK-38 is a 25-mm machine gun installed for ship self-defense to counter High Speed Maneuvering Surface Targets (HSMST).)
“Because the bigger guns would be LOUDER to the distant Iranian ships, is why they were chosen, I bet.”
PC-7, USS Squall?
The next one or one after will be a suicide bomber boat. Will the US ships be allowed to defend themselves?
Just fire a warning shot through the left temple. That usually works.
Some of those fast Iranian boats carry 2 or more Silkworm anti-ship missiles ... which would be launched before the other fast boats made contact.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silkworm_(missile)
Now they say the warning shots were merely 3 or 4 .50 Browning machine gun rounds.
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