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Monday, January 9, 2017
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Monday, January 9, 2017
US Navy fires warning shots at Iranian ships — report
A US Navy vessel fires three warning shots at a group of Iranian ships that approached it at high speed in the Strait of Hormuz, Sky News reports.
US officials say the USS Mahan had called on four Iranian ships to slow down, but they carried on at high speed.
The American destroyer fires flares and a helicopter dropped a “smoke float” signaling device, the Reuters news service says.
The Iranian trips came within 800 meters (0.5 miles) of the USS Mahan, which was escorting two other ships, in the Strait of Hormuz.
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