Navy Boasts About Drone Photographing U.S. Carrier
January 29 2016
The Iranian military says it flew a surveillance drone over a U.S. aircraft carrier as part of a recent naval drill, according to Iranian state media on Friday, as reported by USA Today.
The Iranian navy drone took "precise photographs" of the unnamed carrier during the Velayat-94 drills, said Rear Adm. Seyed Mahmoud Mousavi, the deputy commander of the navy, as cited by the Mehr news agency (Iran).
An Iranian exercise is being held in the eastern part of the Hormuz Strait,...
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