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Just when the outside world is paying attention to the Ukraine crisis, various confrontations have also broken out in the Middle East, and the contest between the United States and Iran is undoubtedly the most eye-catching, just recently, Iran has humiliated the United States one after another, bombing unmanned ships of the US military, triggering a maritime confrontation between the two sides.
(Images released by Iranian media)
According to Iranian media reports quoted by the overseas network, the Iranian destroyer recently went to the Red Sea area to carry out anti-terrorism operations, and as a result, it encountered 2 unmanned boats of the US military there, in order to ensure safety, Iranian personnel directly pulled these 2 unmanned boats onto the deck and inspected the unmanned boats. Then, the Iranian side issued a security warning to the United States, and after informing the United States of the situation, Iran did not seize these unmanned boats, but chose to throw them back into the sea in a safe area.
(Iranian personnel pushed the inspected US unmanned boat back into the sea)
The US Navy Central Command also released relevant information, claiming that after the US military learned that the unmanned boat was pulled away, it immediately sent two destroyers and two helicopters to the confrontation in an attempt to rescue the unmanned boat. The U.S. military insisted that the unmanned boats were only "public photos" taken in the relevant waters and had been arrested there for more than 200 days, but "no accidents occurred." The U.S. military contacted the Iranian side by radio and demanded that Iran release the unmanned boat. Iran should not have intended to entangle with the United States this time, so it released the unmanned boat.
(The last time Iran towed away the unmanned boat, the U.S. Navy was tracking and intercepting)
Earlier, an unmanned U.S. military boat was also captured by an Iranian Revolutionary Guard support ship in the waters of the Persian Gulf, and the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet immediately sent battleship helicopters to negotiate, and the two sides confronted each other in the Persian Gulf. After several hours of fighting, the Iranian side finally chose to cut the cable and release the unmanned U.S. military boat that was towed away. After the incident, the United States and Western public opinion accused Iran of "stealing", but Iran said that this was for security, because the United States is now deploying a large number of unmanned boats in the Gulf region, which is actually a security risk.
(A unmanned boat model developed by the US military)
And in the view of experts, the Deployment of these unmanned boats by the United States is itself a motive that is not pure, of course, the United States is not to let them bask in the sun there, in fact, these unmanned boats have the performance of shooting, detection, etc. When the sea surface is densely covered with unmanned boats, the United States can monitor the "every move" in this area. This is actually part of the U.S. plan to develop an unmanned fleet, and the United States intends to build a large number of unmanned ships of various specifications in the future, even if they are small unmanned boats, they can also become auxiliary ships of the U.S. unmanned ships in the future.
(Cruising an Iranian speedboat in the Persian Gulf)
At present, the United States and Iran have launched a final game around the Iranian nuclear agreement, and there are still doubts about whether the Iranian nuclear agreement can finally succeed. The United States and Iran are testing each other in waters such as the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, and may also be testing each other's bottom line and sending certain signals. Therefore, it can be predicted that the future competition between the United States and Iran in the relevant sea areas will continue to appear.