Day: June 20, 2019

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shoots down U.S. drone

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An Iranian surface-to-air missile has shot down a U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton drone in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz — not over Iran’s airspace as state media had claimed, ABC News and Reuters reported on Thursday, citing U.S. officials. Details: AP reports Gen. Hossein Salami, commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, said on state […]

Drone wars over Yemen and Gulf of Oman revealed

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Fox News and CNN revealed that a US drone was targeted by an Iranian missile during the June 13 tanker incident and that a drone was downed over Yemen by Iranian-backed Houthis. Seth J. Frantzman June 16, 2019 12:42 Two US MQ-9 Reaper drones were involved in incidents in Yemen and the Gulf of Oman […]