Destroyer USS Nitze Harassed by Iranian Patrol Boats

[Common]

We need to give them more money and kiss their ass some more too.


This is a breaking news story and will be updated as new information becomes available.

The following is Aug. 23, 2016 video of guided missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG-94) harassed by four Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) patrol boats


The guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG-94) was followed and harassed by four Iranian patrol boats on Tuesday in the Persian Gulf, defense officials confirmed to USNI News.
The destroyer was in the vicinity of the Strait of Hormuz when four Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy high-speed patrol boats came at the ship without responding to hails or warning flares fired from Nitze, according to a video of the incident provided to USNI News.
“This is USS Nitze reporting from the Southern Arabian Gulf,” said a voice on the video reporting the ship’s location and speed.
“We have visual contact with four Iranian… WPBs… Bridge to bridge COMMS were conducted but no response. Weapons uncovered… appears to be unsafe, unprofessional.”
While the voice is making the radio report, the four patrol boats speed in a serpentine formation toward Nitze with their deck weapons uncovered. Flares from the destroyer attempt to warn away the patrol boats as they close in on the ship.
Nitze’s crew attempted to hail the fired 10 warning flares at the patrol boats and blasted the ship’s whistle to sound a maritime danger signal to no apparent effect, a defense official confirmed to USNI News late Wednesday.
Two of the patrol boats came within 300 yards of the destroyer before slowing and breaking off their chase.
“The Nitze and U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) assessed the interaction as unsafe and unprofessional due to the Iranian vessels not abiding by international law and maritime standards including the 1972 Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGS) maritime ‘Rules of the Road’,” a defense official told USNI News.
“The Iranian high rate of closure on a Unites States ship operating in accordance with international law while transiting in international waters along with the disregard of multiple warning attempts created a dangerous, harassing situation that could have led to further escalation including additional defensive measures by Nitze.”


https://news.usni.org/2016/08/24/vid...n-patrol-boats

[MisterVeritis]

It will be good to have an American President.

[Tahuyaman]

A few billion more should do it.

[Ethereal]

Common, why do you hate Iran so much? What have they ever done to you?

[maineman]

a navy destroyer would make quick work of some Iranian gunboats if they needed to... this is saber rattling with really tiny sabers.

[jimmyz]

It's been going on since 1981 when we had to flag Kuwait's oil tankers going through the strait. We even blew an Iranian commercial airliner out of the sky by mistake. Nothing new here other than insecure Iranians playing jetski games.

[exploited]

So what?

They can harass all they want. This is what countries do to maintain their sovereignty, and all serious countries do it.

If they want to attack, they can, and what happens next won't be pretty.

[Common]

Common, why do you hate Iran so much? What have they ever done to you?

On November 4, 1979, an angry mob of young Islamic revolutionaries overran the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 Americans hostage. "From the moment the hostages were seized until they were released minutes after Ronald Reagan took the oath of office as president 444 days later

[Common]

So what?

They can harass all they want. This is what countries do to maintain their sovereignty, and all serious countries do it.

If they want to attack, they can, and what happens next won't be pretty.

Nice left wing puke to cover for your worthless potus

[maineman]

Nice left wing puke to cover for your worthless potus

what would you have our president have the destroyer do in this instance?