DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – The U.S. military’s Central Command has confirmed that Iranian forces shot down a U.S. drone, an
saying the downing took place in international airspace and describing it as an “unprovoked attack.”
A statement from CENTCOM says the unmanned aircraft – an RQ-4A Global Hawk maritime surveillance drone – was “shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile system while operating in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz” early on Thursday.
The statement further said that “Iranian reports that the aircraft was over Iran are false” and that “this was an unprovoked attack on a U.S. surveillance asset in international airspace.”
