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Tow, tow, tow [not] your boat Gently down the Persian Gulf [1]
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Date: 2022-08-31
Screenshot of a video showing support ship Shahid Baziar, left, from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy unlawfully towing a Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessel in international waters of the Persian Gulf, Aug. 30. U.S. NAVY - Defense One
Defense One: Iranian Navy Tries To Steal US Unmanned Vessel At Sea (30 Aug 2022)
”An American unmanned surface vessel in the Persian Gulf was almost taken in the dead of night Monday by an Iranian ship before U.S. Navy forces intervened, according to officials.
The Saildrone Explorer USV was seen in international waters being towed behind the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy support ship Shahid Baziar around 11 p.m. local time “in an attempt to detain it,” a 5th Fleet statement said on Tuesday.
The patrol coastal ship USS Thunderbolt responded from nearby and a MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter was also sent from Bahrain. Bridge-to-bridge communication was used to tell the IRGCN ship that the drone was U.S. government property, Cmdr. Tim Hawkins, a 5th Fleet spokesman, told Defense One in an email.”
Pretty brazen but no harm done in the end. Some interesting details in the article though, well worth the short read.
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