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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[-] limer@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 day ago

Sounds like needless destruction of a vehicle over international waters: almost like the usa navy is a rouge force of terror these days

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago

"International waters" naturally means that the US has full authority over it and can do whatever it likes in it.

[-] FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

These days in this case is the last century

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