Iran’s navy commander said Thursday that an Iranian submarine made a US submarine come to the surface as it entered Iranian waters in the Strait of Hormuz, a claim the US military later denied.
“The US submarine was approaching while submerged, but the Iranian submarine Fateh detected it and carried out … maneuvers to force it to surface as it went through the Strait [of Hormuz]. It had also entered into our territorial waters, but … it corrected its course after being warned,” said Commander Shahram Irani.
A spokesman for the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet based in Bahrain denied that a US submarine was in the area. “A US submarine has not transited the Strait of Hormuz today or recently,” said Commander Timothy Hawkins.
But earlier this month, Hawkins announced the deployment of a US guided-missile submarine to the region. “It is capable of carrying up to 154 Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles and is deployed to US 5th Fleet to help ensure regional maritime security and stability,” he said on April 8.
The announcement was meant as a message to Iran as it came at a time of heightened tensions, and the US rarely reveals the location of its submarines. The US is also stepping up its naval patrols through the Strait of Hormuz by using drone boats.
On Wednesday, Hawkins announced the US sailed a 41-foot drone speed boat, known as a MAST-13, through the Strait of Hormuz for the first time. He said the boat was observed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) but transited the Strait without incident.
They shoot, they score!
With those narrow shipping lanes, the Iranians must deal with people going off course all the time.
“….. and is deployed to US 5th Fleet to help ensure regional maritime security and stability,” he said on April 8.”
An obvious lie. At least be a little creative about these lies.
I did the math and couldn’t make it work. How can a submarine armed with “154 Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles ensure regional maritime security and stability?” Help me understand. …Wait. Is that like the “protection” you get when you pay the mafia “protection money?” (Sarcasm alert)
Actually, the comparison with the mafia seems more apt each day.
A few months ago there was a picture taken from an Iranian plane of an unidentified submerged sub just below the surface and near this area.
This reminds me of US drone that approached Crimea last month for intelligence gathering and it was pissed on by Russian jet and consequently fell in the Black sea…! US wanted to test the Iran Navy for awareness and they got the message…!
Nuclear subs with Nuclear weapons patrolling the worlds waters with 12 Aircraft carriers also with Nukes,What could go wrong?
Everyone with any basic understanding knows us lies shamelessly.
“He said the boat was observed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) but transited the Strait without incident.”
They really aren’t very good at terrorism. Better watch themselves, they might fall off the list.
There is no international water at Strait of Hormuz…! All vessels whether ships or submarines must announce the intention of their passage through the Strait to Iranian and Omanian authorities. This lack of undertaking alone is indicative of US sneaking intention…!