In the Strait, an incident occurred between the US Navy ship and Iranian boats

In the Strait, the first incident occurred between the US Navy and the Iranian Navy after the threat of Tehran to block this most important international transport artery, Interfax reports with reference to CNN .

Pentagon presented the television channel with documentary personnel. According to reports, Iranian high-speed boats took provocative maneuvering next to the Strait passing through the Gulf of Persian, by the American amphibian-transport ship, New Orleans.

Iranian boats at high speed approached the ship, approaching a distance of 450 meters, and did not respond to the warnings of the American military vessel.

This incident occurred on January 6, when New Orleans, along with two another landing ships and an expedition brigade on board, entered the Persian Gulf.

Another incident occurred on the same day off the coast of Kuwait. Iranian boats also at high speed approached the guard ship of the American coast guard. At the same time, the arrows on the boots were visible on board the ready -made guns.

As already reported, the US Navy was transferred to the Persian Gulf area of ​​the amphibian-premium group of ships and the expeditionary battalion of the Marine Corps. These forces include the latest universal landing ship-vertone carrier Makin ISland, amphi-transport ship-CD New Orleans, an amphibian-landing ship Pearl Harbor, a Marine Corps battalion, a group of special operations, an enhanced helicopter squadron and the rear battalion.