With the dispute being known & I'm sure that there were notices to mariners on all available charts there should've been no one within the disputed area. Who's the fool now? Or do Navies not read charts? Naval GPS is not accurate in yards it's accurate in feet. It seems to me more of a blatant move to provoke an incident. Why else would the Cornwall stand off out of site unless to allow the incident to happen. The Iranian gun boats would never have taken the sailors with the Cornwall within siten or range & the Cornwall would've most likely stoped it, what choice would they have in plain veiw of all hands watching. I'd say that this was no error in anyone's judgement but a power play on the part of the coalition to stir up the waters & to try & find a way to use the incident to their advantage. What do they care for 15 sailors if the ploy works.

Barry