30.12.2015 - 02:54 [ Sputnik ]

US Aircraft Carrier Truman Narrowly Avoids Collision With Iranian Rockets

As the USS Harry S. Truman was transiting the strait, which connects the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards were conducting a live-fire exercise, officials told NBC News. The Truman reportedly was being escorted through the strait by a US destroyer and a French frigate. Other commercial traffic was in the area as well.