Iran’s IRGC says advanced MQ-1 drone ‘destroyed’ over Strait of Hormuz
CENTCOM said the boats failed to seize a Saildrone, and the Navy’s unmanned vessels remain under U.S. control.
- On Tuesday, the American military destroyed two small Iranian boats attempting to seize a drone ship in waters off Iran, according to U.S. Central Command.
- Iranian small boats recently attempted to take possession of an American unmanned surface vessel, but they were unsuccessful after CENTCOM forcefully responded, Captain Tim Hawkins told Axios.
- Hawkins identified the involved craft as a roughly 25-foot "Saildrone," an uncrewed vehicle used to surveil maritime traffic that is commercially available and not sensitive in nature.
- Iranian state media reported Monday that a pair of fishing boats came under attack in Hormozgan province, with several fishermen reported missing, citing a provincial official.
- This six-month conflict over the Strait of Hormuz poses political problems for President Donald Trump due to rising oil and gas prices, as American efforts aim to loosen Iran's grip on the critical energy corridor.
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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reported that it knocked down the drone on Qeshm Island.
The lack of ammunition by the US military and the losses in the war against Iran have been acknowledged with plentiful ridicule by the Tehran leadership. Hundreds of U.S. military bases in the region "have been shot to pieces, dozens of U.S. aircraft have been burned, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi mocked X.
Iranian and American statements on the war escalated, as the Revolutionary Guard announced the downfall of an American march over Qasim Island in the Strait of Hormuz, as traffic in the Strait declined to low levels.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi yesterday ridiculed US claims that Iran was left defenseless and recalled a US Defense Department report detailing ammunition shortages and damage caused to US military assets during the war, DPA reported, BTA reported. “Fiction: Iran is defenseless. Fact: Hundreds of US military facilities have been completely destroyed, dozens of aircraft have been destroyed,” Araghchi wrote on the social network Ex. The…
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