# About that torpedoed Iranian warship

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You have a couple of F-18s buzz it, fire a few bursts from their guns over the bow, and order it over the radio to sail to a U.S.-controlled port or be sunk. If it accepts, you have the sub trail it, and if it alters its course by an inch, sink it.

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