Milcom Monitoring Post Profiles

Friday, April 25, 2008

US Navy vs Iranian Fast Boats - Again

SS Westward Venture (Photo courtesy of Tote)

Fox News is reporting that the SS Westward Venture (a US Navy contract vessel) fired on Iranian Fast Boats yesterday (4/24). The boats were within 100 yards of the vessel and not responding to radio communications. Navy secruity detachment personnel used M16s. It is believed that the potential Iranian attackers were Iranian Revolutionary Guards.

You can check out the complete story on the Fox website at
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352579,00.html