The U.S. military shot down a suspected Iranian drone flying “aggressively” toward the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group with “unclear intent” in the Arabian Sea on Tuesday, a U.S. official told the Washington Examiner.
A U.S. F-35C aircraft from the USS Abraham Lincoln shot down the Shaheed-139 drone as it headed toward the carrier strike group.
No U.S. service members were hurt in the incident, which marks the first time the U.S. and Iran engaged militarily with one another during the current tension that largely began last month, representing the possibility for unintended escalation.
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“USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) was transiting the Arabian Sea approximately 500 miles from Iran’s southern coast when an Iranian Shahed-139 drone unnecessarily maneuvered toward the ship,” US Central Command Spokesman
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