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Pentagon confirms Iran shot down US surveillance drone
WASHINGTON, June 20, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – The Pentagon confirmed Thursday
that Iranian forces shot down a US naval surveillance drone but insisted the
aircraft was in international air space, not that of Iran.
The BAMS-D drone was downed by an Iranian surface-to-air missile system
while flying in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz, a US
Central Command spokesman, Navy Captain Bill Urban, said in a statement. He
said it happened at 2335 GMT Wednesday.
“Iranian reports that the aircraft was over Iran are false,” he added.
“This was an unprovoked attack on a US surveillance asset in international
airspace.”
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