The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Navy announced that it captured an American MQM-170 UAV for reconnaissance and deception west of the Strait of Hormuz. The electronic warfare unit of the Revolutionary Guards identified the plane, took over its guidance systems and landed it intact. The Revolutionary Guards said that the UAV was conducting a patrol of Iran's air defense positions along the coastline of the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. Data retrieved from the plane indicated that it had launched from a country on the southern coast of the Persian Gulf.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Navy announced that it captured an American MQM-170 UAV for reconnaissance and deception west of the Strait of Hormuz. The electronic warfare unit of the Revolutionary Guards identified the plane, took over its guidance systems and landed it intact. The Revolutionary Guards said that the UAV was conducting a patrol of Iran's air defense positions along the coastline of the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. Data retrieved from the plane indicated that it had launched from a country on the southern coast of the Persian Gulf.