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US military says it shot down an Iranian drone in Arabian Sea (www.aljazeera.com)
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The United States military says it shot down an Iranian drone that approached a US aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea, amid continued efforts by regional powers to ease tensions between Washington and Tehran.

The Shahed-139 drone was shot down by an F-35C from the Lincoln, which CENTCOM said was sailing about 800km (500 miles) from Iran’s southern coast.

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[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Sure they did

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The drone was broadcasting its location on flightradar and then it disappeared so it probably did happen

[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago

Right on. I just automatically assumed it was the US trying to justify attacking Iran with some made up shit, it’s a bit of a default for me lately

[–] Conselheiro@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 day ago

Shooting down individual surveillance drones isn't that difficult for a navy that size. Both Russia and Ukraine do it all the time, and this one drone was known to be observing CENTCOM movements for a couple days now. They don't need to lie when it was clearly meant as a provocation, though I assume the drone will be framed as a kamikaze FPV drone by the Imperial Press.