USS Thunderbolt Fires at Iranian Vessel

By Douglas V. Gibbs
Author, Speaker, Instructor, Radio Host

Finally, an administration that does not put up with B.S.

Under Obama the Navy was surrendering and crying in confrontations with the Iranian bullies.  I served in the Navy, and I was very angry at the cowardice portrayed by our sailors, and the restrictive rules of engagement that left the Navy vessel without ammunition.

Now, it's a little different.

The USS Thunderbolt, PC-12, fired warning shots at an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy vessel. According to an unnamed US defense official source "The IRGCN boat was coming in at a high rate of speed. It did not respond to any signals, they did not respond to any bridge-to-bridge calls, they (the USS Thunderbolt) felt there was no choice except to fire the warning shots." 

The U.S. Navy coastal patrol ship fired warning shots from its .50-caliber machine gun at the Iranian patrol boat when it came within 150 yards of the ship in the Persian Gulf.

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