Iran's fast attack craft, the type repeatedly used to harass US Navy ships. Fars News Agency Photo via USNI News
FOX News: Iran's fast boats stop harassing U.S. Navy, baffling military
The Iranian military has halted the routine harassment by its armed “fast boats” of U.S. naval vessels in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. military said, a turnabout that officials welcomed but were at a loss to explain.
The boats for at least two years would dart toward the U.S. vessels as they passed through the Persian Gulf, risking miscalculation, but haven’t done so for five months, U.S. military officials said.
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WNU Editor: Harassing the U.S. Navy is not the only thing that Iran has decided to hold back .... Iran likely curbed missile tests after Michael Flynn threat: Study (Washington Examiner). Some are now wondering if it is because of President Trump's rhetoric that Tehran has decided to "hold back" .... Iran has scaled back its provocations towards the US — and some are crediting Trump's tough rhetoric (Business Insider).
More News On Reports That The Iranian Navy Has Stopped 'Harassing' The U.S. Navy In The Persian Gulf
Iran's Fast Boats Stop Harassing US Navy, Baffling Military -- Wall Street Journal
US Navy puzzled by recent behavior of Iranian attack boats -- CNN
Report: Iranian Harassment of US Vessels Has Ceased for No Clear Reason -- Washington Free Beacon
Why have Iranian naval craft stopped harassing US Navy ships? -- Rick Moran, American Thinker
4 comments:
Yes, Dictatorship is only understanding its own way: strength. Trump is talking their language and they understand it. That's all.
The Iranians have been doing this for decades.
They have been doing this, since the consolidated power in 1979.
When the harass with boats and worse, it makes you wonder about there other toys.
Silkworm ... 1 to 3 minutes flight time to reach ship in the Straights of Hormuz
1/2 ton warhead
Not a lot of time to lock onto a Silkworm.
LMFAO,
https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-claims-to-chase-us-ship-away-from-exercise/
I guess Wednsday doesn't count.
The U.S. are saying that this incident did not happen. The Iranians claimed that it was drones that drove these ships away.
http://warnewsupdates.blogspot.ca/2018/01/the-us-navy-is-denying-reports-that.html
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