Iran claims to have used a natively produced surface-to-air missile system to take down a state-of-the-art U.S. drone as tensions peaked between the longtime rivals.
Iran's downing of a state-of-the-art U.S. military drone using what it claimed to be a natively produced defense system may illustrate the complexities of a potential conflict with the Islamic Republic.
For one, this is the first known downing of any U.S. RQ-4 variant. As non-proliferation and open-source intelligence analyst Fabian Hinz toldthis weapon is"no tiny Predator"—a reference to the smaller, armed U.S. drones that have seen widespread global use in the post-9/11"War on Terror." No, Hinz explained, the RQ-4A is one of"the largest and one of the most expensive drones the U.S. has.
President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday morning that"Iran made a very big mistake!" in taking down the UAV and the White House quickly convened a meeting. The confrontation came one week after two commercial oil tankers, one Japanese and one Norwegian-owned, were damaged in the Gulf of Oman, which connects the Strait of Hormuz to the Persian Gulf. The U.S. has officially blamed the incident on Iran, producing evidence purported to show Revolutionary Guard soldiers removing an unexploded limpet mine from the side of one of the ships, but Iran has strongly denied the allegations and even some U.S. allies have expressed skepticism about the video.
While Iran has since threatened to begin enriching uranium past the limits outlined in the deal as countries failed to normalize trade ties under threat of U.S. sanctions, Tehran has always denied seeking nuclear weapons and its compliance to the agreement had been repeatedly verified by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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