US military drone shot down by Iranian missile in international airspace, US official says

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An Iranian surface-to-air missile shot down a U.S. military drone in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. official told NBC News Thursday morning.

The drone downing was first announced by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard on its website, Sepah News, around 7:00 a.m. local time. A U.S. Central Command spokesperson later responded to the charges saying that "No U.S. drone was operating in Iranian airspace today."

The U.S. official said a US RQ-4 Global Hawk drone was shot down in international airspace above the Strait of Hormuz. It was not in Iranian airspace. The official said they consider this to be an unprovoked attack.VIDEO

 

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LoveForCrypto17 I don’t believe it. They lied to get us into Iraq, no reason to believe they are not lying here. Trump campaigned on the promise to end these Middle East conflicts, not start more of them. He has to hold the war hawks around him in check or he will stumble us into a disaster.

there is no 'international airspace' over trait of hormuz 🤦‍♂️ NoJournalism

Yeah I call bullshit. There's no way regular people can verify the truth of this or any other story. You guys are beating the war drums and trying to create precedent by whipping up public sentiment. Insidious. Geopolitics is so ugly, especially the mass misinformation campaigns.

Then blow up something of theirs.

Straight of Hormuz is a long way from the continental U.S no? Why are the Americans flying anything there? Would they allow an Iranian drone off the coast of Florida? JustSaying Iran

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