A U.S. Coast Guard cutter fired 30 warning shots at two armed Iranian fast-attack boats after they approached U.S. warships at a high rate of speed while transiting through the Strait of Hormuz. It is the second time this has happened in as many weeks
A U.S. Coast Guard cutter fired 30 warning shots at two armed Iranian fast-attack boats on Monday
The crew of the Coast Guard cutter Maui fired two warning-shot volleys from its .50-caliber machine gun at the two speed boats after they ignored acoustic device warnings -- horn blasts and bridge-to-bridge radio communications from the American vessels. Monday's incident was the third close encounter between Iranian boats and American warships in the last five weeks.
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