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Sunday, September 3, 2017
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Sunday, September 3, 2017
Iran sent warnings to US aircraft twice in 6 months – report
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s Arabic language TV station al-Alam is reporting that the country’s air defense base sent two warnings in the last six months to US spy aircraft that approached Iranian airspace.
The TV’s website quotes the country’s chief of air defense, Brig. Gen. Farzad Esmaili, as saying Iran issued a warning to a U2 reconnaissance aircraft on March 21. He does not mention the location.
He also says the country’s air defense issued a second warning to an American drone on Aug. 26.
Gen. Esmaili says: “We do not allow such rabid aircraft to enter our territory and if necessary, will not hesitate to destroy them.”
— AP
