Electronic hunting of the American MQM-170 UAV in the Strait of Hormuz The Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced in a statement that the electronic warfare unit of this force, during an offensive operation, managed to safely land an American MQM-170 UAV in the western Strait of Hormuz, after discovering and identifying it, by taking over the guidance and control systems. According to the published announcement, the mission of this UAV was to identify Iran's air defense systems on the shores of the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. Also, the review of the information recovered from this bird shows that the origin of its flight is on the coast of one of the southern countries of the Persian Gulf. The importance of this operation is that the UAV fell into the hands of Iranian forces without physical destruction, and it was possible to check the equipment, the stored data and the details of its mission.