US Navy fires warning flare as Iranian speedboat approaches

A handout photo released on June 20, 2022 by the US Defense Visual Information Distribution Service shows a boat of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy operating in close proximity to patrol coastal ship USS Sirocco and expeditionary fast transport USNS Choctaw County in the Strait of Hormuz. AFPPIX: A US Navy vessel fired a warning flare towards an Iranian military speedboat that approached it in the Strait of Hormuz, the US Fifth Fleet said.

“Three vessels from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy interacted in an unsafe and unprofessional manner as US Navy ships transited the Strait of Hormuz,“ said the US Navy statement. “The Iranian vessel also came within 50 yards of the US Navy ship during the interaction, and Sirocco responded by deploying a warning flare.”

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