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Old 22nd Aug 2023, 18:36
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Lonewolf_50
 
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The War of Words continues.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it threatened to open fire on U.S. Marine Corps and Navy helicopters covering a group of American warships as they passed through the volatile Strait of Hormuz recently, prompting them to land. The U.S. Navy told The War Zone that no U.S. helicopters headed back to their ships while supporting the transit for any other reason than to refuel.
A bit more at the article, but it's mostly hot air.
Pentagon denies supposed incident with Iranian navy in Strait of Hormuz (msn.com)

But the tensions have ratcheted up.
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