Dino
Russian Asset
What's the upshot here? Why so overt?
Why provoking incidents like this over the past weeks?
Trump is going to have to make a ruling on stuff like this. Or is Iran overplaying their hand? Will there be an international response?
Violating Iranian airspace? I don't think so. Soon we'll know the truth and it's quite likely this drone was over international waters. Surface to air to take down an American aircraft? Not a good look.
Lots of questions and there's going to have to be answers. Does anyone want this war? I sure don't think so.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-...y-Guard-shot-down-US-spy-drone/4631561014621/
June 20 (UPI) -- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said Thursday it shot down a U.S. military drone along the country's southern coast, after it violated Iranian airspace.
In a statement, the IRGC said the Iranian air force downed the U.S.-made high-altitude Global Hawk surveillance drone after it penetrated airspace near the Kouh-e Mobarak region in Hormozgan province, Iran's state-runPress TV reported.
The news comes two days after U.S. Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan approved U.S. Central Command's request to deploy an additional 1,000 troops to the Middle East to confront Iranian aggression.
"The United States does not seek conflict with Iran," the secretary said in a statement. "[The deployment is] to ensure that the safety and welfare of our military personnel working throughout the region and to protect our national interests."
Tensions between the United States and Iran have risen for months, and the conflict deepened last week following an attack on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman the United States blamed on Tehran. Tensions first began to escalate following the Trump administration pulling out of the 2015 nuclear deal, citing it was "defective at its core."
Iran said Monday it will resume enriching uranium, surpassing the limit set by the Obama-era agreement.
Why provoking incidents like this over the past weeks?
Trump is going to have to make a ruling on stuff like this. Or is Iran overplaying their hand? Will there be an international response?
Violating Iranian airspace? I don't think so. Soon we'll know the truth and it's quite likely this drone was over international waters. Surface to air to take down an American aircraft? Not a good look.
Lots of questions and there's going to have to be answers. Does anyone want this war? I sure don't think so.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-...y-Guard-shot-down-US-spy-drone/4631561014621/
June 20 (UPI) -- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said Thursday it shot down a U.S. military drone along the country's southern coast, after it violated Iranian airspace.
In a statement, the IRGC said the Iranian air force downed the U.S.-made high-altitude Global Hawk surveillance drone after it penetrated airspace near the Kouh-e Mobarak region in Hormozgan province, Iran's state-runPress TV reported.
The news comes two days after U.S. Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan approved U.S. Central Command's request to deploy an additional 1,000 troops to the Middle East to confront Iranian aggression.
"The United States does not seek conflict with Iran," the secretary said in a statement. "[The deployment is] to ensure that the safety and welfare of our military personnel working throughout the region and to protect our national interests."
Tensions between the United States and Iran have risen for months, and the conflict deepened last week following an attack on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman the United States blamed on Tehran. Tensions first began to escalate following the Trump administration pulling out of the 2015 nuclear deal, citing it was "defective at its core."
Iran said Monday it will resume enriching uranium, surpassing the limit set by the Obama-era agreement.
