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Iran said it shot down MQ-1 drones in the Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said air defenses hit US-made unmanned aircraft in the area of the strait. In reports distributed by Anadolu, the incidents were placed in the western and eastern sectors of the waterway.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they shot down US-made MQ-1 drones in the area of the Strait of Hormuz, according to Anadolu dispatches based on statements from the force and carried by Iran’s state news agency IRNA.
According to one version published by Anadolu, an MQ-1 was detected and brought down by Iran’s air defense system in the western skies of the Strait of Hormuz. In another dispatch from the same outlet, the Revolutionary Guards said a drone of the same type was found and destroyed in the eastern sector.
That second report added that it would be the fourth MQ-1 drone downed in recent days. It also said the Revolutionary Guards had already announced the downing of two unmanned aircraft of the same model between the previous day and that morning.
According to Anadolu, the US military had not yet issued a statement on the matter.
The MQ-1 is a drone developed in the United States in the 1990s. It was originally designed for surveillance and forward reconnaissance missions, and was later fitted with new cameras and missiles.
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About this piece. Written by El Notero with AI assistance, from reporting published by the outlet cited above. El Notero did no original reporting on this story.
