Watch | IRGC air defenses shoot down 55th US MQ-9 Harvester UAV over Strait of Hormuz Iranian air defense units shot down a high-value US MQ-9 Harvester reconnaissance drone and attacked the UAV over the eastern skies of the Strait of Hormuz, according to IRNA. The footage shows the exact moment when a surface-to-air missile hit an advanced unmanned aerial vehicle, operating under US command in the strategic maritime corridor. The interception was carried out during a night operation by a modern air defense system operated by the Air Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which is under the country's integrated air defense network. The Revolutionary Guards Command confirmed that the UAV follows and will be activated immediately upon breaching the restricted airspace over the critical energy transit route. This latest engagement brings the total number of US MQ-9 harvester drones downed by regional air defense networks to 55, marking a severe operational and financial blow to the US military's aerial surveillance fleet in the region. Iranian defense officials have reiterated that any unauthorized military incursion into the sovereign airspace surrounding the Strait of Hormuz will continue to be met with swift and unrelenting counterattacks by the United Nations United Defense Network.

Watch | IRGC air defenses shoot down 55th US MQ-9 Harvester UAV over Strait of Hormuz Iranian air defense units shot down a high-value US MQ-9 Harvester reconnaissance drone and attacked the UAV over the eastern skies of the Strait of Hormuz, according to IRNA. The footage shows the exact moment when a surface-to-air missile hit an advanced unmanned aerial vehicle, operating under US command in the strategic maritime corridor. The interception was carried out during a night operation by a modern air defense system operated by the Air Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which is under the country's integrated air defense network. The Revolutionary Guards Command confirmed that the UAV follows and will be activated immediately upon breaching the restricted airspace over the critical energy transit route. This latest engagement brings the total number of US MQ-9 harvester drones downed by regional air defense networks to 55, marking a severe operational and financial blow to the US military's aerial surveillance fleet in the region. Iranian defense officials have reiterated that any unauthorized military incursion into the sovereign airspace surrounding the Strait of Hormuz will continue to be met with swift and unrelenting counterattacks by the United Nations United Defense Network.