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IRAN IS PLAYING WITH FIRE, IRANIAN GUNBOATS POINT MACHINE GUNS, SWAMS US WARSHIP || 2021 (CREDITS- WARTHOG DEFENSE)

Why is the Strait of Hormuz so important to the world (Credits- Military TV)

Could Iran Sink a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier? ( Source- The National Interest / Author- Dave Majumdar)

USS Harry S Truman ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons / United States Navy) Source- The National Interest Author- Dave Majumdar The United States is accusing Iran of testing rockets near one of its aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf as it passed through the Straits of Hormuz. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) denounced the Iranian actions as “highly provocative.” But could Iran actually sink one of the U.S. Navy’s mighty flattops? According to CENTCOM, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) naval vessels conducted live-fire drills less than 1,500 yards away from the Nimitz-class carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG-84) destroyer and the French frigate FS Provence on Saturday. Moreover, civilian shipping traffic was in the area. “Firing weapons so close to passing coalition ships and commercial traffic within an internationally recognized maritime traffic lane is unsafe, unprofessional and inconsistent with in