US destroyer ship fired warning shots at Iranian fast-attack vessels
A US Navy destroyer fired three warning shots at four Iranian fast-attack vessels near the Strait of Hormuz after they closed in at high speed and disregarded repeated requests to slow down, US officials said on Monday. The incident, which occurred on Sunday and was first reported by Reuters, comes as US President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office on Jan. 20. In September, Trump vowed that any Iranian vessels that harassed the US Navy in the Gulf would be “shot out of the water.” “This was an unsafe and unprofessional interaction, ...
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