USNI NEWS REPORTS ANOTHER SWARM ATTACK ON US VESSELS BY IRAN

VIDEO: Iranian Attack Boats Harass U.S. Navy, Coast Guard Vessels in Persian Gulf By: Megan Eckstein

In a recent article in the Naval Institute's on line publication "NEWS" Megan Eckstein wrote an article on the harassment and introduces some Navy videos.To reach the NAVAL INSTITUTE'S NEWS Click. This is not the first faux swarm attack against U.S. naval vessels by Iran but possibly the best documented. See Ms Eckstein's work at   

NAVAL INSTITUTE'S NEWS. See our earlier post on a recently past similar incident at https://americanadmiraltybooks.blogspot.com/2020/01/iran-sends-boat-swarm-to-trail-us.html

EDITOR'S NOTE: THERE ARE REPORTS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS CHANGED THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT IN THE REGION ALLOWING U.S. NAVY VESSELS TO FIRE UPON SUCH SWARMS WITHOUT FIRST BEING FIRED UPON.. INITIAL SOURCES: POTUS ON TWITTER & MILITARY TIMES. 

 FROM MILITARY TIMES: President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday that he has instructed the Navy to “destroy” any Iranian gunboats that harass American warships at sea.
April 15, 2020 5:45 PM • Updated: April 15, 2020 11:33 PM 

UPDATE 4/26/2020: Iran' military has ordered their naval militia  units to ~"attack and sink  USN vessels upon discovery in their region. 

A Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) vessels conducted unsafe and unprofessional actions against U.S. Military ships by crossing the ships’ bows and sterns at close range while operating in international waters of the North Arabian Gulf. U.S. forces are conducting joint interoperability operations in support of maritime security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. US Navy photo.

 SOURCE: U.S. NAVAL INSTITUTE

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