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Iranian missile boat trains laser on US helicopter in Strait of Hormuz
CNN ^ | June 14, 2017 | Barbara Starr and Ryan Browne

Posted on 06/15/2017 6:06:17 AM PDT by C19fan

The US military labeled the actions of an Iranian vessel "unsafe and unprofessional" after it trained a laser on a US helicopter Tuesday.

Three US Naval ships and a US Marine Corps CH-53E helicopter had an unsafe and unprofessional interaction with an Iranian Navy vessel while transiting the international waters of the Strait of Hormuz, according to a statement from the US military

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: friendofobama; friendsofkerry; iran; kerrytreason; navy; obamatreason

1 posted on 06/15/2017 6:06:17 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Our taxes paid for that thanks to Imam Odingo.


2 posted on 06/15/2017 6:10:39 AM PDT by angcat (THANK YOU LORD FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP!!!!!)
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To: C19fan

Odd that there’s no mention of how long it took the Iranian vessel to sink and whether there were any survivors... I thought we’d seen an end to these sissy ROEs.


3 posted on 06/15/2017 6:19:08 AM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~u/base)
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To: vikingd00d

Unprofessional? Funny use of words. Take the next step and THEN see what happens! Bummer is gone.


4 posted on 06/15/2017 6:22:38 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: vikingd00d

Looks like that was wishful thinking unsafe? And unprofessional? What? We are allowing that? Our stated response sounds like something cowering comedy would write in his diary.


5 posted on 06/15/2017 6:24:54 AM PDT by momincombatboots (White Stetsons up.. let's save our country!)
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To: C19fan

“unsafe and unprofessional”

Ooooh, that’s gonna leave a mark!


6 posted on 06/15/2017 6:29:34 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: Tallguy

What a bunch of pussies the world must see us as??
That ship should be with Davey Jones-
How have we come to this?/


7 posted on 06/15/2017 6:37:09 AM PDT by bantam
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To: C19fan

Act of war. Blow it out of the water.


8 posted on 06/15/2017 7:14:00 AM PDT by DownInFlames
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To: DownInFlames

Ditto. If this was in international waters/airspace, blow them to smithareens and send Teheran a bill for munitions expended.


9 posted on 06/15/2017 7:18:15 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: C19fan

I hope that if it was a bullet shot at the chopper that it would have taken them out. Not sure if the chopper was armed but if it was an Apache different story.


10 posted on 06/15/2017 7:23:30 AM PDT by Rappini (Compromise has its place. It's called second.)
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To: C19fan

I thought the Obama navy was history. What a disgrace to be punked by Iranian a-holes over and over.


11 posted on 06/15/2017 7:29:16 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: C19fan

I thought the Obama navy was history. What a disgrace to be punked by Iranian a-holes over and over.


12 posted on 06/15/2017 7:29:43 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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13 posted on 06/15/2017 7:37:34 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Fourth estate? Ha! Our media has become the KCOTUS, the Kangaroo Court of the United States.)
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To: bantam

They are testing us. Our “non-response” sends the wrong message. They read it as weakness.


14 posted on 06/15/2017 7:47:45 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Rappini

If it was a fully armed combat helicopter at sea it would have been a Cobra.....
Apache is army....


15 posted on 06/15/2017 7:48:41 AM PDT by nevergore (I have a terrible rash on my covfefe....)
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To: C19fan

well let’s see, let them in close, over and over, one day they will slam a torpedo in the ship..stupid, tell them to stay away whatever distance period, and next time shoot them


16 posted on 06/15/2017 9:47:38 AM PDT by aces (Islam is satans lies)
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