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U.S. Warship Fired Warning Shot At IRGC Speed Boats
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On April 27
th, a US Navy warship fired warning shots at three small Iranian speedboats that came quite close to it and a Coast Guard cutter operating in international waters in the Persian Gulf.
IRGCN repeatedly crossed the bows of the U.S. vessels at an unnecessarily close range, requiring U.S. ships to make defensive maneuvers to avoid the risk of a possible collision.
An earlier incident on April 2
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"It is certain that a strong Iran has shown in practice that America will never have access to the north of the Persian Gulf and that America s movements will have no effect on the north of the
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On April 2, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) Harth 55, accompanied by three fast attack craft (FAC)/fast inshore attack craft (FIAC), approached U.S. Coast Guard patrol boats USCGC Wrangell (WPB 1332) and USCGC Monomoy (WPB 1326) while the U.S. vessels were conducting routine maritime security patrols in the international waters of the southern Arabian Gulf. The Harth 55 repeatedly crossed the bows of the U.S. vessels at an unnecessarily close range, including crossings of both Wrangell and Monomoy’s bows at a 70 yard closest point of approach (CPA). The Harth 55 closed aggressively on Wrangell’s bow, resulting in Wrangell maneuvering to avoid collision while sounding five short blasts from the ship’s horn.
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