A US Coast Guard cutter fired about 30 warning shots after a large group of Iranian Revolutionary Guard speedboats came close to US Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the Pentagon says.
Spc. Meleesa Gutierrez / U.S. Naval Forces Central Commandin the Strait of Hormuz, the Defense Department said Monday.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the Coast Guard cutter Maui fired two volleys from a .50-caliber machine gun Monday when two Revolutionary Guard fast boats"operated in an unsafe and unprofessional manner in close proximity" to six U.S. vessels, including the submarine USS Georgia. Two Revolutionary Guard speedboats broke away from a group of 13, according to the Pentagon, and went to the opposite side of the U.S. formation. They approached Maui and a Navy ship, the USS Squall, at more than 32 knots with their weapons uncovered and manned.
The Maui fired its first volley when two of the Iranian vessels approached within 300 yards and the second when the pair approached within 150 yards. After the second volley, the Revolutionary Guard vessels left, Kirby said.01:07 The U.S. last week intercepted thousands of weapons from Iran in the North Arabian Sea that were bound for the Houthi rebels in Yemen.On April 27, a U.S. Navy ship
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