Persian Gulf
Aug 4 2008, AP

Iran announced Monday that it has tested a new weapon capable of sinking ships nearly 200 miles away, and reiterated threats to close a strategic waterway at the mouth of the Persian Gulf if attacked.

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The U.S. Navy’s Ticonderoga class cruiser USS Port Royal, equiped with AEGIS combat systems, and “Tomahawk” ASM/LAM cruise missiles, patrols in the Persian Gulf in this 1997 file photo. Iranian boats harassed and provoked three American Navy ships in...