US Navy Blocks Iranian Boat From Seizing A 5th Fleet Sea Drone In The Persian Gulf

 

VOA: US Navy Stops Iran From Seizing Drone Ship  

Pentagon — The U.S. Navy said its forces overnight prevented a support ship from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from capturing a U.S. unmanned surface vessel operating in the Arabian Gulf. 

The U.S. military released video Tuesday showing the IRGC support ship Shahid Baziar "unlawfully towing a Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessel in international waters" "in an attempt to detain it." 

U.S. Navy patrol coastal ship USS Thunderbolt immediately responded, along with a MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter based in Bahrain. 

Shahid Baziar disconnected its towing line to the drone and departed the area approximately four hours later, the Navy said.  

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