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Iran Guards claim capture of ‘one of smartest’ US submarines in Strait of Hormuz
U.S. Central Command said the drone malfunctioned while supporting ongoing operations, rejecting Iranian claims that it captured a high-tech surveillance vehicle.
- On Tuesday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed to have captured an American-built Anduril Dive-LD drone at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz in a "complex intelligence and operational action."
- The Anduril Dive-LD, an autonomous underwater vehicle developed by Anduril Industries, reportedly costs $2.5 million and is designed for multi-day intelligence and reconnaissance missions.
- U.S. Navy Captain Tim Hawkins denied the Iranian account, stating the "defective" drone malfunctioned while surveying regional waters and "carried no sensitive data or classified sonar or radar equipment."
- Access to the Dive-LD could enhance Iranian underwater capabilities or be shared with allies such as Russia or China, analysts warn, since the unit is significantly more sophisticated than local Iranian designs.
- This incident follows a volatile week in the Persian Gulf, when U.S. forces struck three Iranian crude-oil carriers in retaliation for the IRGC firing ballistic missiles at two U.S. Navy warships.
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The American army also carried out a missile attack on an Iranian tanker near the Iranian island of Kharg, in the Gulf, reported on Tuesday night the Iranian agency Tasnim.
·Paris, France
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Iran says it captured an 'advanced' American underwater drone. The US says it was older, malfunctioning, and ‘dead in the water.’
A spokesperson for US Central Command said the underwater drone had malfunctioned before Iran claimed to have seized it near the Strait of Hormuz.
·New York, United States
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