{"id":492866,"date":"2021-05-10T15:05:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T19:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=492866"},"modified":"2021-05-10T15:06:03","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T19:06:03","slug":"breaking-12-iranian-gunboats-swarm-6-u-s-warships-dozens-of-warning-shots-fired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-12-iranian-gunboats-swarm-6-u-s-warships-dozens-of-warning-shots-fired\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: 12+ Iranian Gunboats Swarm 6 U.S. Warships, Dozens Of Warning Shots Fired"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-12-iranian-gunboats-swarm-6-u-s-warships-dozens-of-warning-shots-fired%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=492866&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iran-2-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"e12o35pe0 css-1wr5klf\" readability=\"39.753912165573\">\n<p>Iranian military gunboats with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, a <a href=\"https:\/\/share.america.gov\/u-s-irans-guard-corps-is-terrorist-organization\/#:~:text=The%20United%20States%20designated%20Iran's,foreign%20terrorist%20organization%20in%202019.&#038;text=It%20was%20the%20first%20time,as%20a%20foreign%20terrorist%20organization.\">designated<\/a> terrorist organization, swarmed several U.S. warships on Monday that were escorting a U.S. submarine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver a dozen Iranian gunboats harass formation of six U.S. warships including guided-missile submarine Georgia,\u201d Fox News Pentagon correspondent Lucas Tomlinson said. \u201cU.S. Coast Guard cutter fired warning shots in response in Strait of Hormuz.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.5294117647059\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Over a dozen Iranian gunboats harass formation of six U.S. warships including guided-missile submarine Georgia. U.S. Coast Guard cutter fired warning shots in response in Strait of Hormuz: Pentagon<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lucas Tomlinson (@LucasFoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LucasFoxNews\/status\/1391822904648679425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The 13 Iranian military vessels reportedly came within 150 yards of U.S. Forces, which fired 30 warning shots at the Iranian vessels. Pentagon press secretary John Kirby called the incident \u201csignificant\u201d since previous incidents had involved fewer vessels.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.174672489083\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>: US Navy vessels escorting USS Georgia submarine in Strait of Hormuz encountered a dozen IRGC Iranian attack boats; US navy fired 30 warning shots before Iranian boats left<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmichaiStein1\/status\/1391824801673711623?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9417040358744\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In a follow up <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PentagonPresSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PentagonPresSec<\/a> calls the use of 13 IRGC fast-attack boats \u201csignificant\u201d \u2013 previous incidents had involved fewer numbers of Iranian vessels <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sE77xdXxAi\">https:\/\/t.co\/sE77xdXxAi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tara Copp (@TaraCopp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TaraCopp\/status\/1391828491176448007?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.006451612903\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The warning shots from a .50 caliber machine gun were fired after the Iranian fast boats came as close as 150 meters to six US military vessels escorting the nuclear-powered USS Georgia sub (usually armed with long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles), states <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PentagonPresSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PentagonPresSec<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Herman (@W7VOA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/W7VOA\/status\/1391827617595146252?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>This is a breaking news story, refresh the page for updates.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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