The officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the USS Mahan established radio communication with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps boats but they did not respond to requests to slow down and continued asking the Mahan questions.<\/p>\n
The Navy destroyer fired warning flares and a U.S. Navy helicopter also dropped a smoke float before the warning shots were fired.<\/p>\n
The Iranian vessels came within 900 yards (800 meters) of the Mahan, which was escorting two other U.S. military ships, they said.<\/p>\n
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The official added that the warning shots fired on Sunday were just one of seven interactions the Mahan had with Iranian vessels over the weekend, but the others were judged to be safe.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Somehow, Reuters managed to blame Donald Trump for the more aggressive response to Iranian interference in operations in the Persian Gulf, you know even though the commander-in-chief of Naval forces is still the Nobel Prize-winning President Obama;<\/p>\n
The incident, which occurred Sunday and was first reported by Reuters, comes as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office on Jan. 20. In September, Trump vowed that any Iranian vessels that harass the U.S. Navy in the Gulf would be “shot out of the water.”<\/p>\n
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The IRGC and Trump transition team were not immediately available for comment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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