Iran Guards claim capture of ‘one of smartest’ US submarines in Strait of Hormuz
The IRGC said the drone was malfunctioning and carried no classified sensors, while Anduril said the vehicle is designed for risky missions.
- 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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‘Satan fish’: The US drone sub captured by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz
The critical waterway has become a testing ground for new technologies, and now Iran has its hands on one of the US Navy’s hi-tech drone submarines.
Iran likely to reverse-engineer captured U.S. underwater drone | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
WASHINGTON >> Iran’s capture of a U.S. military underwater drone gives Tehran an opportunity to study and potentially reverse engineer the vessel, delivering a setback for the Pentagon and drone maker Anduril.
The US Navy Has a New Problem: Iran Claims To Have Captured a Sophisticated Drone Submarine, But the Facts Are All Over the Place
Iran's IRGC says it captured an Anduril Dive-LD underwater drone near Hormuz, mocking America's smart whale and suggesting it will reverse-engineer it. CENTCOM counters the drone malfunctioned more than a day earlier — dead in the water, an older model, with no exquisite technology or sensitive data. Anduril calls the system attritable, designed for missions where loss is expected. It is the war's first acknowledged underwater-drone loss.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard reported on Tuesday that it had intercepted an American underwater drone near the Strait of Hormuz. It is believed to be the Dive-LD, a relatively new device capable of detecting mines in the sea.
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