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U.S. Helicopter, Coalition Ship Briefly Threatened By Iranian Frigate With Machine Gun

August 06 2015

Iran

U.S. officials have just revealed that an Iranian warship approached a coalition ship and a U.S. military helicopter two weeks ago and pointed its weapons in their direction, reports CNN.

On July 25, an Iranian navy Alvand-class frigate approached a coalition auxiliary ship by accompanied by the USS Farragut in the Gulf of Aden, said defense officials on Wednesday.

A U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter that had departed from the Farragut was on a training exercise was...

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