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US Central Command shared a video showing a US Navy destroyer firing at an Iranian cargo vessel in the Arabian Sea. The USS Spruance intercepted the ship after its crew refused repeated warnings to stop. After verbal warnings and the sounding of an alarm, the destroyer fired rounds onto the cargo ship with its MK 45 gun.
According to CENTCOM, US Marines now have custody of the ship. Iran confirmed the seizure of the vessel, and said it would retaliate "soon."
US Central Command shared a video showing a US Navy destroyer firing at an Iranian cargo vessel in the Arabian Sea. The USS Spruance intercepted the ship after its crew refused repeated warnings to stop. After verbal warnings and the sounding of an alarm, the destroyer fired rounds onto the cargo ship with its MK 45 gun.
According to CENTCOM, US Marines now have custody of the ship. Iran confirmed the seizure of the vessel, and said it would retaliate "soon."
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