Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps naval forces have captured an American drone that it said entered Iranian airspace over the Persian Gulf, state television reported on Tuesday. The claim was quickly denied by the United States Navy. Iranian state media said the aircraft was a ScanEagle built by Boeing, which, according to the company's Web site, can be launched and operated from ships. A spokesman for the United States Navy in Bahrain denied the Iranian claim, saying that no American drones were missing. |
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