Several Iranian Naval vessels carried out threatening maneuvers dangerously close to US warships in the Persian Gulf, underscoring the mounting tensions between the US and Iran.
As Reuters reports:
WASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) – Eleven vessels from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) came dangerously close to U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships in the Gulf, the U.S. military said on Wednesday, calling the moves “dangerous and provocative.”
While such interactions had occurred occasionally a few years ago, they had stopped in recent years, and this incident comes at a time of increased tensions between the two countries.
According to the statement, the Iranian vessels approached six U.S. military ships while they were conducting integration operations with Army helicopters in international waters…
The U.S. ships issued several warnings through bridge-to-bridge radio, blasts from the ships’ horns and long-range acoustic noise maker devices.
Tensions have been mounting between the US and Iran ever since the US attack on terrorist General Qasem Soleimani, who had been responsible for many attacks on US troops serving in Iraq.
when they come by, showing their might, just follow there boats with the barrels of our cannons on board. they will soon get the message.!
i agree w/all the folks who gave a great reaction to the bad guys, like a small boy if he won’t listen to words then apply the board of education is applied to the seat of their learning. just saying it is time to kick ass, since 1979 these scum have been waving the red flag at the fight bull, don’t play games these ignorant scumbags have no sense of justice or truth. they took our Embassy in ip79 while milk toast carter was in close to the end of his screwed up time in office, then when Ron Reagan got elected they decidied to release all our Embassy people. WE CAN NOT PLAY WITH THESE DUMB OBAMA LOVING INHUMAN SKUNKS.
They approached our ships with manned machine guns. Eliminate the threat, then totally destroy Iran’s navy.
We don’t need measured response.
We need the kind of response
that sends a message.
Do it again and we take out your Air Force and your air defenses.
Three is the lucky charm… military headquarters and the Government!
Russia will posture but will not go to war to save Iran.
Iran should be removed from the map
hmmmm…
thanks to rightfully fired Captain Crozier for NOT following proper Navy protocol, the Iranians are fully aware that US Navy seamen made be ill and not completely able to take on the Iranian shenanigans…
thx mr. crozier for giving the Iranians a heads up on issues that should have been kept confidential!!!!
I hope crozier stays FIRED!
THE PRESIDENT ONLY HAS TO SHOW SALAMI RERUNS. DON’T SHOOT THERE IS A CAT IN THE WAY. OK THE CATS GONE. TAKE THE SHOT. NOW LET ME SEE THE NEUTRON BOMB IN THE PRESS ROOM.
Boarded a USN submarine one time, might have been in Florida. Anyway, we found out that, although the quarterdeck watch wore a sidearm, they weren’t allowed to be loaded.
This was pre 9/11.
Hope Naval ships don’t have to seek permission from Washington DC before they are allowed to defend themselves.
Jam their communications, hit them sonic weapons. Then fry their electronic’s so there dead in the water. Then run over them a few times so the ship propellers grind them up a little. Sharks do the rest!!!
Iran Needs a Good Slappin ‘ . Those Thugs Need to Learn they’re messing with the wrong people !!
take them all out for messing with a u.s.a. war ship don’t worry about them sneaking back to hurt us
IF THE CONTINUE – GIVE’EM A 21 GUN SALUTE – OOPS WE DIODN’T KNOW THEY WERE AIMED AT YOU ! IT’S TIME FOR A COVERT OPERATION THAT TAKES THESE
BOATS OUT IN THEIR OWN HOME PORTS – LIKE IT MUST HAVE BEEN A GAS LEAK !
Blow the Iranian Navy boats out of the water!
Sink the Iranians on sight.
If they don’t back off , take them out!
Pretend they aren’t even there! Don’t warn or signal, just mind our own business. If we run over a few of them……who cares?
Sink them motor boats !
Hell blow them all out of the water, enough is enough, move on to bigger and better things….
Sunk one? Sink all of them! Then they won’t come back!
Or better yet sunk them all!
The USN should have sunk one of those Iranian vessels.
Rattler, I’m in agreement. If the Iranian naval vessels pose a threat to any of our ships and refuse to acknowledge any warnings…then it’s fair game. Remember how easily the USS Cole was holed albeit moored dockside. Nonetheless there’s no need to allow ourselves to be sitting ducks in this kind of proxy war.