US accuses Iran of unsafe helicopter maneuver near US Navy ship

Aran News Saudi Arabia16 Nov, 2021News

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon on Monday accused Iran of ?unsafe and unprofessional? conduct by a naval helicopter that it said flew within about 25 yards of a US Navy ship and circled it three times in the Gulf of Oman. Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said the Iranian helicopter circled the USS Essex, an amphibious assault ship, three times and at one point flew as low as 10 feet off the surface of the water. He said the incident on Nov. 11 had no effect on the Essex?s operations.