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yuiyoshida

(41,832 posts) Thu Jun 20, 2019, 12:05 PM Jun 2019

Iran shoots down U.S. military drone over Strait of Hormuz

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Iran shoots down U.S. military drone over Strait of Hormuz (Original Post) yuiyoshida Jun 2019 OP

When we spy on countries - while a warmonger is in office - we can expect our drones to get zapped. Hoyt Jun 2019 #1

The drone was put there to get the reaction it got customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #3

This will be interesting. AtheistCrusader Jun 2019 #2

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

1. When we spy on countries - while a warmonger is in office - we can expect our drones to get zapped.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Thu Jun 20, 2019, 12:08 PM

Jun 2019

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)

3. The drone was put there to get the reaction it got

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 20, 2019, 12:24 PM

Jun 2019

We surely have spy satellites that Iran cannot touch.

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)

2. This will be interesting.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Thu Jun 20, 2019, 12:13 PM

Jun 2019

My suspicion is, we were intentionally pushing boundaries here, but the question of where it was actually shot down lawfully has implications for the UN and possibly with continued sanctions.

There's a wreckage photo being circulated by some media that is clearly not a RQ-4 wingtip or landing gear. But that doesn't mean the IRGC is actually claiming that photo is the drone.

Going to be a lot of misinformation around this for the next few weeks.

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