U.S. Drone Ship SEIZED – Military Responds!
(RightWing.org) – Although the wrangling surrounding Iran’s rapidly expanding nuclear program resembles a diplomatic game of cat and mouse, there are real-world implications to Washington and Tehran’s ongoing stalemate. For example, the Pentagon recently reported that Iran attempted to make off with a US drone ship.
The US Naval Institute online media agency, USNI News, posted a two-minute clip of the encounter on its YouTube page.
On Tuesday, August 30, the US Naval Forces Central Command issued a press release detailing an encounter between US 5th Fleet vessels and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) in the Arabian Gulf. US officials observed an IRGCN support ship towing a 23-foot Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessel (USV).
Navy stops Iran from taking US military drone in Arabian Gulf https://t.co/1CmIS2SnSr
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 30, 2022
The USS Thunderbolt, a Cyclone-class patrol ship, was dispatched to the IRGCN vessel’s location. A Pentagon official said the American ship identified itself and directed the Iranian vessel to release the sea drone. However, it declined to answer, and naval officials sent a Sikorsky SH-60/MH-60 Seahawk helicopter to assist the recovery effort. After a roughly four-hour standoff, the Iranian ship cut its tow line, releasing the Saildrone Explorer without further incident.
The Biden admin is negotiating a new nuke deal with Iran at the same time that the IRGC (1) tries to assassinate U.S. officials; and (2) literally just yesterday, apparently tried to abscond with a U.S. Navy surface drone.
Just insanity. https://t.co/7VYUlX8hXr
— Josh Hammer (@josh_hammer) August 31, 2022
Newsweek contributor and syndicated columnist Josh Hammer posted a link to the Naval Central Command press release. He also blasted President Joe Biden’s administration for continuing its efforts to negotiate a new nuclear deal with Iran in the of its efforts to assassinate US officials.
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