Video released Saturday shows the moment last month when an Iranian
Navy ship fired unguided rockets in close proximity to an American
aircraft carrier and an American destroyer.
The Dec. 26 incident prompted U.S. military commanders to criticize Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy for its "highly provocative" actions.
The footage — from the perspective of the viewfinder — reveals how the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRCGN) blasted several rockets near a cluster of coalition and commercial ships, according to U.S. Navy Central Command.
The ships, including the USS Harry S. Truman and the USS Bulkeley,
were crossing international waters in the Strait of Hormuz when the
IRCGN conducted the live-fire exercise, U.S. Central Command said in a
statement.
The rockets landed about 1,500 yards away from the ships, according to the statement. The IRGCN vessels announced the exercise over maritime radio 23 minutes before it began, the statement added.
The Dec. 26 incident prompted U.S. military commanders to criticize Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy for its "highly provocative" actions.
The footage — from the perspective of the viewfinder — reveals how the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRCGN) blasted several rockets near a cluster of coalition and commercial ships, according to U.S. Navy Central Command.
The rockets landed about 1,500 yards away from the ships, according to the statement. The IRGCN vessels announced the exercise over maritime radio 23 minutes before it began, the statement added.
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