The air defense units of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Saturday destroyed an American unmanned aircraft in the airspace over the Iranian island of Kashem, becoming the seventeenth UAV of this type to be destroyed. The relevant information was published by the press service of the elite Iranian armed forces. As the representatives of the Revolutionary Guards made clear, the aerial target was immediately identified and hit at 14:30 local time (14:00 Moscow time) using the latest anti-aircraft system in the service of the corps' space forces. According to the Iranian military, the downed vehicle belongs to the American line of reconnaissance and attack drones of the MQ-1 family. In an official statement, the destruction of this aircraft was described as another major failure of the enemy's reconnaissance operations in the area. Also read: Iran attacked an American military facility for the first time in two months. The Iranian military attacked the US early warning system.

The air defense units of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Saturday destroyed an American unmanned aircraft in the airspace over the Iranian island of Kashem, becoming the seventeenth UAV of this type to be destroyed. The relevant information was published by the press service of the elite Iranian armed forces. As the representatives of the Revolutionary Guards made clear, the aerial target was immediately identified and hit at 14:30 local time (14:00 Moscow time) using the latest anti-aircraft system in the service of the corps' space forces. According to the Iranian military, the downed vehicle belongs to the American line of reconnaissance and attack drones of the MQ-1 family. In an official statement, the destruction of this aircraft was described as another major failure of the enemy's reconnaissance operations in the area. Also read: Iran attacked an American military facility for the first time in two months. The Iranian military attacked the US early warning system.