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Fox News:  22 Aug,2023

「Pentagon rejects Iranian claims of 'intercept' against US Navy vessels」: ?

The Iranian navy released footage purporting to show fast attack craft harassing U.S. Navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, but the U.S. Defense Department says no such intercept occurred and the Iranian claim is "untrue."

まだ、主張しているだけなのでマシです。

Iranian media first posted the Iranian navy's footage on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. They claimed the heavily-edited footage showed fast attack vessels "intercepting" the USS Bataan and USS Thomas Hudner on August 17.
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"That report is not true. So I don't know where that's coming from, but we've seen this from them before pushing out, I don't know if it's propaganda, but I would say untrue statements, and that just is not accurate," Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh told Fox News Digital in a statement.

ま、誰が正しい事を言っているのか様子見が妥当です。

Another DOD official emphasized that the U.S. Navy ships remain in international waters at all times.

もし、米国が正しいなら挑発でしょう。

Iranian media also claimed the swarm of boats forced multiple helicopters to land back on the U.S. warships, another claim the Pentagon denies.

どうなんだか〜？

Iran's navy has frequently harassed U.S. vessels in and around the Strait of Hormuz over the past 12 months. A similar incident in June saw U.S. and U.K. warships chase away Iranian vessels that were hounding a merchant ship.

これだけ中東で活動していると、やはり東アジアに米国が手を回すキャパがあるとは思えません。

だって

The U.S. Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul and the U.K. Royal Navy frigate HMS Lancaster responded to scene, with the HMS Lancaster deploying a helicopter as well.

な感じで、武装しているんですよ。東アジアに比べれば本格的に臨戦態勢ですよね

"The situation deescalated approximately an hour later when the merchant vessel confirmed the fast-attack craft departed the scene," the U.S. Navy said at the time.

とはいえ、状況は相当悪そう。

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