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Illustrative: A Northrop Grumman Global Hawk unmanned aircraft (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via AP)

US official confirms Iran shot down drone, says it was in international airspace

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Tehran reportedly used surface-to-air missile; Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says it hit Global Hawk as it entered Iranian airspace

Illustrative: A Northrop Grumman Global Hawk unmanned aircraft (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via AP)

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Brian Hook, the US special representative for Iran, testifies before a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism hearing at the Capitol in Washington on June 19, 2019. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)

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