Iran captured a United States drone that was flying in the country's airspace according to NBC media reported
Tuesday.
The ScanEagle drone was gathering information over Gulf waters and had entered Iranian airspace when it was
captured by the naval unit of the Revolutionary Guards force
Last month the U.S. said Iranian warplanes shot at a U.S. surveillance drone flying in international airspace. Iran
said the aircraft had entered its airspace.
The ScanEagle is manufactured by Boeing Co. According to the firm's website, the drone is four feet long and
has a 10-foot wingspan.
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The Fars , citing a senior naval officer, said Iran's forces had "full intelligence supremacy over the moves of the
foreign forces in the Persian Gulf."
In April, Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, who is chief of the aerospace division of the powerful Revolutionary Guards,
claimed that his government was copying an American spy drone captured by Iran's armed forces last year.
Hajizadeh was quoted as saying that Iranian experts were recovering information from the RQ-170 Sentinel
captured in December last year in eastern Iran.
Tuesday.
The ScanEagle drone was gathering information over Gulf waters and had entered Iranian airspace when it was
captured by the naval unit of the Revolutionary Guards force
Last month the U.S. said Iranian warplanes shot at a U.S. surveillance drone flying in international airspace. Iran
said the aircraft had entered its airspace.
The ScanEagle is manufactured by Boeing Co. According to the firm's website, the drone is four feet long and
has a 10-foot wingspan.
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The Fars , citing a senior naval officer, said Iran's forces had "full intelligence supremacy over the moves of the
foreign forces in the Persian Gulf."
In April, Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, who is chief of the aerospace division of the powerful Revolutionary Guards,
claimed that his government was copying an American spy drone captured by Iran's armed forces last year.
Hajizadeh was quoted as saying that Iranian experts were recovering information from the RQ-170 Sentinel
captured in December last year in eastern Iran.
