{"id":148075,"date":"2023-10-03T09:15:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T13:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=148075"},"modified":"2023-10-01T19:16:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T23:16:37","slug":"iranian-navy-ship-shines-laser-on-u-s-marine-helicopter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=148075","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Navy ship shines laser on U.S. Marine helicopter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/iranian-gunboat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-98665\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/iranian-gunboat-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/iranian-gunboat-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/iranian-gunboat-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/iranian-gunboat-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Marine helicopter was conducting routine operations when an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy ship directed a laser at it. There were no injuries or damage related to the incident. The aircraft was operating from the USS Bataan, which is on a scheduled deployment in the area.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>From Fox News:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>An Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy ship repeatedly shined a laser at a U.S. AH-1Z Viper attack Marine helicopter that was flying in international airspace over the Arabian Gulf on Wednesday, according to the United States Navy.<\/p>\n<p>The helicopter was conducting routine operations, according to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command spokesperson Commander Rick Chernitzer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This unsafe, unprofessional, and irresponsible behavior by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy risks U.S. and partner nation lives and needs to cease immediately,&#8221; Chernitzer said in a statement to Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>There were no damages or injuries reported.<\/p>\n<p>The interaction took place at approximately 7:30 p.m. local time. The aircraft is attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162 (Reinforced), deployed aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), on a scheduled deployment to the Middle East Region.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These are not the actions of a professional maritime force,&#8221; Chernitzer said. &#8220;U.S. naval forces remain vigilant and will continue to fly, sail and operate anywhere international law allows while promoting regional maritime security.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Fox News provides additional information <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/iran-navy-harasses-us-helicopter-international-airspace-arabian-gulf?dicbo=v2-CK04mEY\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Marine helicopter was conducting routine operations when an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy ship &hellip; <a title=\"Iranian Navy ship shines laser on U.S. Marine helicopter\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=148075\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Iranian Navy ship shines laser on U.S. Marine helicopter<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[308,331,119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iran","category-marines","category-navy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148075\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}