{"id":136574,"date":"2017-07-25T18:12:17","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T18:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smg.go-vip.net\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/07\/25\/navy-releases-video-of-arabian-gulf-encounter-with-iranian-patrol-boat\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:24:08","slug":"navy-releases-video-of-arabian-gulf-encounter-with-iranian-patrol-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2017\/07\/25\/navy-releases-video-of-arabian-gulf-encounter-with-iranian-patrol-boat\/","title":{"rendered":"US Navy releases video of encounter with Iranian patrol boat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Navy has released video Tuesday of a close encounter between an Iranian and U.S. Navy patrol boats, which prompted the patrol craft Thunderbolt to fire warning shots.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=84759a94-1c31-4b7c-bf3d-820b3826e3ed\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">US ship fires on Iranian vessel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The video shows Thunderbolt firing at least 11 rounds in the direction of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard naval vessel, which the U.S. Navy claimed came within 150 yards of its vessel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/2017\/07\/25\/official-us-navy-ship-fires-warning-shots-near-iranian-ship\/\">Official: US Navy ship fires warning shots near Iranian ship<\/a>]<br><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Close encounters between the Revolutionary Guard and U.S. Navy vessels in the Arabian Gulf happen frequently, but the U.S. tends to release information about them when it deems an incident particularly threatening or unprofessional.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=5d0c7d62-d109-4fe8-acbb-777dbdc95658\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The U.S. Navy has released video of a close encounter between an Iranian and U.S. Navy patrol boats, which prompted the patrol craft Thunderbolt to fire warning shots. 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