Iran shoots down American drone in international airspace, US official confirms

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Iran shoots down American drone in international airspace, US official confirms

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/iran-shoot...opstories.html

LUIS MARTINEZ, Good Morning America 1 hour 23 minutes ago

Iran shoots down American drone in international airspace, US official confirms originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

In a major provocation, Iran shot down an unarmed and unmanned U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton drone while it was flying in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz Thursday, a U.S. official told ABC News.

The incident is sure to trigger serious discussions within the Trump administration about how to respond to a direct attack on a U.S. military asset that goes beyond recent attacks in the Middle East that the U.S. has blamed on Iran.

(MORE:US to send 1,000 additional troops to the Middle East as tensions escalate with Iran)

The U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton was shot down by an Iranian surface to air missile while the reconnaissance drone was flying in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, a U.S. official told ABC News.
Earlier, Iranian state media had quoted Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as saying it had downed a Global Hawk drone when it entered Iranian airspace near the Kouhmobarak district north of the Strait of Hormuz.



The MQ-4C Triton is an unarmed surveillance aircraft powered by a jet engine, which is capable of operating at altitudes as high as 60,000 feet. It is the Navy's version of the reconnaissance aircraft that the Air Force calls the RQ-4 Global Hawk.

The incident is not the first time in recent days that Iran has targeted an American drone off its coast.

Last Thursday, Iran attempted to shoot down an MQ-9 Reaper that was surveilling the attack on one of two tankers in the Gulf of Oman. The United States has blamed Iran for being responsible for the attacks on the two tankers -- a claim Iran has denied.



"According to our assessment, a modified Iranian SA-7 surface-to-air missile attempted to shoot down a U.S. MQ-9, at 6:45 a.m. local time, June 13, over the Gulf of Oman, to disrupt surveillance of the IRGC attack on the M/T Kokuka Courageous," CENTCOM spokesperson Lt. Col. Earl Brown said in a statement to ABC News on Saturday.

(MORE: Iran attempted to shoot down US drone over tanker attack site in Gulf of Oman)

"Subsequent analysis indicates that this was a likely attempt to shoot down or otherwise disrupt the MQ-9 surveillance of the IRGC attack on the M/T Kokuka Courageous," Brown said.

In early May, the Pentagon rushed the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and a B-52 bomber task force to the Middle East to deter possible attacks by Iran or Iranian-backed groups on U.S. forces and U.S. interests in the region.
Since the European Community is slow to blame Iran for anything, I suppose they will say it is President Trump's fault for flying the thing over there in the first place.

Those two oil tankers spontaneously combusted in the Persian Gulf. Those photos of the Iranians removing unexploded mines are actually US sailors dressed up like Iranian Republican Guards.

It's all Trump's fault.

Right?
  • oeb11
  • 06-20-2019, 07:56 AM
Pelosi and Schumer agree with you 100%, JS
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  • Trey
  • 06-20-2019, 12:28 PM
Pussy ass Trump ain't gonna do shit probably make excuses for them like he did for North Korean launches, Russian interface. It's all the same trumpets will eat it up.
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Pussy ass Trump ain't gonna do shit probably make excuses for them like he did for North Korean launches, Russian interface. It's all the same trumpets will eat it up. Originally Posted by Trey

excuses like this post? what did pussy ass Obama do after they pissed on his "red line"?

Trump did more in months in the middle east than pussy ass muslim obama did in 8 years.
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The MQ-9 can carry weapons.
I wonder if the Skynet system will take control of Iranian issues.
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Death to the Ayatollah!
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Add on.
Where's Teddy Roosevelt when we need a couple one liners to get things done.
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Death to the Ayatollah! Originally Posted by bambino

i second this motion!

all in favor say "Aye!" and launch them missiles!

Iran is saber rattling. they don't really want a confrontation with the US no matter what they say in the press. if they continue to interfere with shipping in international waters they are going to find themselves on the outside of world opinion.

there is little they can do to stop the US and other allies from protecting international waters. they will find out the hard way the US does not need to put boots on the ground to end Iran.

the US Navy and Air Force alone can wipe Iran off the map. without nukes. that would be a waste of perfectly good Uranium.
I think we are well within our rights to take out some of their offensive capabilities.
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I don’t think Trump will launch missiles now. Next time Iran pulls another stunt, he will.
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I don’t think Trump will launch missiles now. Next time Iran pulls another stunt, he will. Originally Posted by bambino

exactly. he'll let Iran cross the line. so it will be clear who instigated this. notice that no US owned shipping has been targeted yet. the Japanese won't tolerate this for long either. they may not have the mighty white water Navy of the IJN in WWII but we do. and Japan does have a capable modern Navy. what does Iran have? Not much. certainly not nearly enough to match the Pacific Fleet.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...avy#Destroyers
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Iran, China, Russia, North Korea, and Venezuela are all gonna get together and whip America's ass. And America deserves it. Americans are the Assholes of the universe by far, that's exactly why they elected the king of Assholes as their president.
Thanks LiMon...you're quite the valued poster...
You articulate so well...the universe is an infinite place, did you just get back from space travel...
Did you book on travel.com??
Iran, China, Russia, North Korea, and Venezuela are all gonna get together and whip America's ass. And America deserves it. Americans are the Assholes of the universe by far, that's exactly why they elected the king of Assholes as their president. Originally Posted by Little Monster
Those countries you support are a bunch of racist countries with very little diversity unlike the United States.