Iran Ship Targets US Navy
The bridge area of the USS Forrest Sherman and one of its helicopters were repeatedly targeted by a laser device on board an Iranian-flagged merchant ship, CNN reports as U.S. defense official sayiing.
According to the official, no U.S. personnel were hurt or equipment damaged in the incidents which ended on Wednesday.
The Navy said it was not of industrial or military grade quality since there was no damage, but it was not certain exactly what the device was, or how powerful it was. The incidents are viewed at this point as harassment from the Iranians.
The incidents took place in international waters off the coast of Yemen. The Navy ship was "conducting routine maritime operations," the official said. But it is well understood that U.S Navy warships patrol the region looking for any indication of Iranian weapons smuggling into Yemen.