Iran: The Revolutionary Guards said it shot down the 16th US MQ-1 UAV over Kesham Island The Revolutionary Guards said the UAV was intercepted and destroyed by its new air defense system, which operates under the country's Integrated Air Defense Network. Repeated failures of hostile reconnaissance missions are said to have cast a shadow on the record of US Central Command commander Brad Cooper, and his fighters continuously monitor the movements, reconnaissance activities and flight patterns of hostile aircraft.