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Iranian water crafts rapidly approached a US Navy and a US Coast Guard vessel. The US ships took steps to try to get the Iranians to not act reckless. The Iranian boats continued acting dangerously towards the US ships. The US Navy fired warning shots. The Iranians backed down.<\/p>\n
From Fox News:<\/span><\/p>\n A Navy official said U.S. forces used “pre-planned responses” to de-escalate the situation, avoid collision and reduce risk of miscalculation.<\/p>\n “The IRGCN’s actions increased the risk of miscalculation and\/or collision, were not in accordance with the internationally recognized Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGS) ‘rules of the road,” a Naval spokesman said in a statement Tuesday.<\/p>\n “U.S. naval forces continue to remain vigilant and are trained to act in a professional manner, while our commanding officers retain the inherent right to act in self-defense,” they added.<\/p>\n The warning shots fired Tuesday evening are just the latest confrontation between U.S. Naval ships and Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessels.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The name of the US ship that fired the warning shots is the USS Firebolt. The rest of the article is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"