Iranian drone flying ‘aggressively’ shot down by US F-35 in Arabian Sea

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The U.S. military shot down a suspected Iranian drone flying “aggressively” toward the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group with “unclear intent” in the Arabian Sea on Tuesday, a U.S. official told the Washington Examiner.

A U.S. F-35C aircraft from the USS Abraham Lincoln shot down the Shaheed-139 drone as it headed toward the carrier strike group.

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