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Iran shot down an American drone on Thursday, supposedly over international waters, which the United States deemed an “unprovoked attack” in the Strait of Hormuz. It’s a further escalation of rising conflict between these countries. In the aftermath, an American reprisal airstrike against Iranian missile defense systems was first approved, then canceled, by President Trump. […]
An Iranian surface-to-air missile downed an American drone over international waters in the vicinity of the Strait of Hormuz. This act of aggression follows in the wake of last week’s unprovoked damaging of two oil tankers by Iranian limpet mines. Navy Captain Bill Urban, CENTCOM’s spokesperson, said in a statement that “U.S. Central Command can […]
On Tuesday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani responded to news of new American troop deployments to the Middle East with measured words. Despite rising tensions between the United States and Tehran and a history of fiery rhetoric from Iranian officials, Rouhani adopted an almost victim-like posture. Iran will not wage war against any nation,” Rouhani said […]
Britain’s premier maritime commando force is sailing toward the Strait of Hormuz for an exercise amid an international crisis triggered by Iranian aggression against two oil tankers last week. Royal Marines commandos from 42 Commando will be conducting visit, board, search and seizure drills, among other tasks, in close proximity to where the two tankers […]
The Iranian government has announced its intention to deploy a naval task force in the Atlantic Ocean in the next few months. The decision is intended as a response to American and Western belligerence in the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf. According to the IRNA state news agency, the naval flotilla will depart for […]
Presently, the Iranian government maintains control over the majority of the Persian Gulf and they claim that they are adequately prepared put into place a blockade on the exportation of any oil passing through the Strait of Hormuz as well. This measure is to be taken in response to the recently imposed sanctions from the United […]
In recent years, the U.S. Navy has found itself in the precarious position of having to warn away Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard fast attack boats using warning shots in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. ships regularly have to traverse this narrow seaway on their way into and out of the Persian Gulf, […]
According to Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili, commander of the Iran’s air defense force, Iran has intercepted or otherwise engaged an American U-2 spy plane and a reconnaissance drone within the past six months, forcing each to change course. The general told reporters on Sunday that Iran’s air force intercepted an unmanned American RQ-4 drone last […]
An Iranian QOM-1 Drone has reportedly interfered with flight operations aboard the USS Nimitz when it flew to within 100 feet of a U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet as it prepared to land on the carrier. According to a Defense Department statement, the Iranian unmanned aerial vehicle executed “unsafe and unprofessional altitude changes in the […]
A U.S. Navy vessel was forced to fire warning shots at an armed Iranian patrol boat in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday, according to Defense officials. At approximately 3:00AM local time, the Iranian boat, believed to be a part of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, set course to intercept the USS Thunderbolt, a Cyclone class patrol ship […]
The Pentagon is closely monitoring the recent failed launch of an Iranian underwater cruise missile from a midget submarine as evidence of influence by North Korea with the government in Tehran. The Pyongyang connection theory has some merit as the design of both the sub and missile closely resemble a design of North Korea. According […]
According to U.S. Defense officials, Iran attempted to conduct a test launch of a cruise missile from a submerged submarine in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday. The test ended in failure. Iran, which has received multiple warnings from the Trump White House regarding their efforts to increase their potentially nuclear-capable ballistic missile arsenals, conducted […]
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