The Revolutionary Guards shot down the 17th US MQ-1 UAV over Kish Island.
Tehran, Irena -. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it shot down a US MQ-1 UAV over Kish Island in the Persian Gulf, marking the 17th such UAV it has shot down.
In a statement on Saturday, the Revolutionary Guards said that the reconnaissance and combat UAV, which belongs to the US military's MQ-1 family, was intercepted and destroyed by a newly developed advanced air defense system operated by the Revolutionary Guards Air and Space Force.
The statement described the incident as another failure of enemy reconnaissance missions along Iran's maritime borders.