U.S. ship fires warning shots at Iranian boats

A U.S. Coast Guard Cutter fired approximately 30 warning shots at Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) boats fast approaching a U.S. naval formation in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. 

Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said a group of 13 Iranian fast-attack boats "conducted unsafe and unprofessional maneuvers." Two of the boats broke off from the 13 and approached at high speed (in excess of 32 knots), getting as close as 150 yards to two U.S. vessels, according to the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet.