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Iranian drone completed surveillance mission in international waters, Iranian media say
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The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, left, the air-defense destroyer HMS Defender and the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut transit the Strait of Hormuz with the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf, November 19, 2019. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Zachary Pearson/U.S. Navy via AP, File)
An Iranian drone completed a “surveillance mission in international waters,” Iranian media including the semi-official Fars news agency says.
The US military earlier today shot down an Iranian drone that “aggressively” approached the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea, the US military said earlier.
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