US drone shot down in international airspace above the Strait of Hormuz, two US defense officials assert to NBCNews Iran’s Revolutionary Guard asserts that it had shot down the aircraft after it entered that country’s airspace.
that outlined a series of alleged domestic violence incidents within Shanahan's family. Shanahan said in a statement that it was"unfortunate" that details from the Post story were"dredged up." He said that continuing with the confirmation process would harm his children. NBC News has not confirmed The Post’s report.
Earlier this week, Central Command said in a statement that a U.S. MQ-9 drone was shot down over Yemen on June 6 by what it thinks was a Houthi SA-6 surface-to-air missile. Iran-allied Houthi rebels are fighting Saudi-backed forces in Yemen in a conflict that has become one of the world's worst humanitarian crises“The altitude of the engagement indicated an improvement over previous Houthi capability, which we assess was enabled by Iranian assistance,”Central Command also said this week that on June 13 “a modified Iranian SA-7 surface-to-air missile” attempted to shoot down a different drone of the same type that had arrived to monitor one of the ships damaged in the Gulf of Oman in the incident...
Courtney Kube reported from Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, Ali Arouzi from Tehran and Phil Helsel from Los Angeles.Courtney Kube is a correspondent covering national security and the military for the NBC News Investigative Unit.
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