The US considered it a provocative act.
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| US aircraft carrier in waters of Japan (Reuters) |
Iran ships weapons test by firing rockets not far from the US pereang three ships, including the freighter USS Harry S. Truman, last week.
Reported by Al Arabiya, Wednesday, December 20, 2015, the rocket was about to ship anything, but the distance is too close to US warships, also some other vessel, causing concern.
"We see shootings were located so close to warships as a provocative action," said a military officer who requested anonymity.
The officer also said that one of the rockets even only about 1.5 km from the USS Truman in transit in the Strait of Hormuz. A frigate of the French, and the destroyer USS Bulkeley also be around the area.
The incident occurred on December 26, 2015, shortly after the Navy announced via radio they will exercise real and request ships are in the vicinity of the location to get away.
The officer also said that an undirected rockets fired by Iranian ship very quickly towards the coastal waters of the Sea of Oman. But the American ship was not evasive, the officer said.
