Iran vessels make 'high speed intercept' of U.S. ship: defense official
Source: Reuters
Four vessels from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) "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.
The official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said two of the Iranian vessels came within 300 yards of the USS Nitze in an incident that was "unsafe and unprofessional."
"The Iranian high rate of closure...created a dangerous, harassing situation that could have led to further escalation including additional defensive measures by Nitze," the official said.
The IRGC, the Islamic Republic's praetorian guard, is suspicious of U.S. military activity near Iran's borders. The Guards operate land and naval units separate from the regular armed forces and stage frequent war games in the Gulf, which separates Iran from its regional rival Saudi Arabia and a U.S. naval base in Bahrain.
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and probably would be ineffective at that close of range.
And be good gunnery practice.
I'm not entirely sure the shells would even arm that close.
> More likely they would get a good dose from high pressure fire hoses should they get too close.
No need to fire off a single pistol shot - as you say, the Phalanx more than covers it if anyone
decides to escalate - just hose them down to cool their hot heads a little.
Old joke--but they'd best not take a bite out of something they simply can't chew.
Wonder if Putin is encouraging this behavior?
Iran has lost so many people in war--the Iran-Iraq war was a hopper into which were flung an entire generation of youth...there are so many kids who grew up without their fathers--I can't believe they'd be thrilled at the idea of more War Without End, Amen.
I think this is one more example of the leadership of the country being out of touch with the overwhelming majority of the population. This kind of crap is the ulema who run the country talking, not the people.
