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On the ship that downed a military drone, one small mistake could cause a war with Iran
Onboard, the USS Boxer (CNN)With short incendiary shrieks Harrier jump jets race across the USS Boxer’s deck and are soon gray dots in the sky. Seahawk and Super Stallion helicopters leap and land like gigantic insects, feeding on the mother ship. The tilt-rotor Ospreys, part-plane part-helicopter, come and go while the others in their flock…
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US proceeding with plan for coalition to counter Iran threats
Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff says he hopes other nations will soon sign up to join the effort to protect commercial traffic in Persian Gulf area Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford testifies during a House Appropriations subcommittee on budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 1, 2019. (Jacquelyn…
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In Gulf of Oman, Tankers Are Struck Again, Raising Fears of Wider Conflict
LONDON — Explosions crippled two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday in what the United States called “unprovoked attacks” by Iran, raising alarms about immediate security and potential military conflict in a vital passageway for a third of the world’s petroleum. Iran called the accusations part of a campaign of American disinformation…
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Iran says it will unveil new fighter jet, continue developing missiles
Tehran’s defense minister claims aircraft, believed to be the Qaher F-313, will fly over Iranian skies as part of National Defense Industry Day celebrations next week Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, listens to an unidentified pilot during a ceremony to unveil Iran’s newest fighter jet, the Qaher-313, in Tehran, Iran, February 2, 2013 (AP/Mehr…
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Rouhani says conflict with Iran would be ‘mother of all wars’
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani listens to a question during a press conference in New York on September 20, 2017, on the sideline of the 72nd Session of the United Nations General assembly –Jewel SAMAD (AFP) Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani warned the United States not to “play with the lion’s tail” on Sunday, saying that conflict…
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani threatens to close Strait of Hormuz
“Americans should know that peace with Iran is the mother of all peace,” Rouhani told a group of diplomats in the Iranian capital, Tehran. “Likewise a war would be the mother of all wars.” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned the United States on Sunday that it could shut down international oil shipments in the strategic…
