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US Navy says no drones missing after Iran claim

Iran Materials 4 December 2012 15:44 (UTC +04:00)
A U.S. Navy spokesman says no American drones are missing in the Middle East following Iranian claims it had captured an unmanned American surveillance aircraft.
US Navy says no drones missing after Iran claim

A U.S. Navy spokesman says no American drones are missing in the Middle East following Iranian claims it had captured an unmanned American surveillance aircraft, AP reported.

Cmdr. Jason Salata, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, says all U.S. drones in the region are "fully accounted for."

He also cast doubt on Iranian claims that the U.S. ScanEagle drone entered Iranian airspace, saying U.S. operations in the Persian Gulf are "confined to internationally recognized water and airspace."

He says that U.S. ScanEagles have been lost into the sea in the past, but none have gone down recently.

Other nations in the Gulf, including the United Arab Emirates, have ScanEagle drones in service.

Iranian sources reported earlier that the IRGC shot down the ScanEagle unmanned drone, after it violated Iran's airspace.

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