US Navy foils Iranian attempt to capture sea-based drone

OklahomaGator · Aug 31, 2022

US Navy foils Iranian attempt to capture sea-based drone

Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard was caught trying to steal an American sea drone, the US Navy said Tuesday.

A Revolutionary Guard support ship, the Shahid Baziar, was discovered Tuesday towing a US Navy Saildrone in the Persian Gulf, according to Cmdr. Timothy Hawkins, a spokesperson for the Navy’s 5th Fleet.

A Navy coastal patrol boat, the USS Thunderbolt, as well as an MH-60 Seahawk Helicopter responded, moving to intercept the high-sea theft and reach the Shahid Baziar on the radio.

“Our response was one that as such made clear that this was US government property and was operating in international waters and that we had every intention to take action if necessary,” the commander told the Associated Press.
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It sounds like, give it back or be blown out of the water, so they gave it back.

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