The Iranian warship tried to capture the American sea unmanned vehicle Saildrone Explorer in the international waters of the Persian Gulf. Israeli media write that an attempt to capture the forces of the 5th fleet of the US Navy.
According to the official statement of the Central Command of the US Navy, the American patrol ship Thunderbolt and MH-60S Sea Hawk.
After the Iranian sailors attached the cable to towing the non -ethnic survey apparatus (USV – Unmanned Surface Vehicle), American officers contacted the captain of the extension ship and demanded to stop illegal actions. Only after the direct approximation of the Americans and the flight of the US Navy helicopter to the drone, the Iranians unhooked the cable and left the scene.
The press service of the 5th fleet of the US Navy said that the Saildrone Explorer device is equipped with “sensors, radars and cameras for navigation and data collection.” “These devices are available in the commercial market and do not store sensitive in terms of national security or secret information,” the press service assured.
Representatives of the US marine command called an attempt to capture their sea vessel “by a flagrant and unrefined” incident. Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of the Central Command of the US Navy, the 5th Fleet of the United States and the united naval forces, in a statement about the incident called the actions of the KSIR sailors “behavior, unworthy of professional naval forces.”