Strait of Hormuz 0
15 June 2017

According to U.S. defence officials, an IRGC navy guided-missile boat “harassed” three U.S. ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The Iranians also “trained a laser on a CH-53E helicopter that accompanied the formation”, an act that U.S. officials characterised as “unsafe and unprofessional” conduct.

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