Posted on 09/07/2016 6:02:13 AM PDT by Former Proud Canadian
A U.S. Navy patrol coastal ship was harassed by seven Iranian vessels on Sunday and narrowly avoided colliding with one, in the latest in a string of incidents in the Persian Gulf.
Seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) fast in-shore attack craft (FIAC) approached USS Firebolt (PC-10) while it was operating in international waters in the central Persian Gulf on Sept. 4, a defense official told USNI News.
Three of the FIACs maneuvered close to Firebolt, mirroring the ship’s course and speed at a distance of about 500 yards for about eight minutes before leaving. Another FIAC then sped towards Firebolt and stopped directly in front of the ship, causing the Firebolt crew to maneuver to avoid a collision. The U.S. ship and Iranian FIAC came within 100 yards of one another, the defense official said.
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They are measuring the US response, simultaneously lulling the USN to sleep by repeating the same maneuvers over and over with no shots fired.
During these incidents the Iranian weapons are uncovered and manned but not trained. Their boats are closing to within 100 yards of the USN ships. At 35 knots a boat covers 100 yards in 5 seconds.
Shoot them.
Disagree. A FIAC stopping directly in front of an advancing warship is a direct provocation. The captain should have run the boat down.
Shoot them.
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Obama would pay them a $1.7 billion ransome before doing that.
And Valerie Jarret doesn’t want conflict with her homeland.
Should blast it but I am sure they have orders not to do so from our leader — Valerie Jarrett.
I guess we learned nothing from the USS Cole incident.
Sooner or later that's going to happen.
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