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Iran Says It Flew Drone Over US Aircraft Carrier
Source: Associated Press
Iran Says It Flew Drone Over US Aircraft Carrier
By NASSER KARIMI AND JON GAMBRELL, ASSOCIATED PRESS TEHRAN, Iran — Jan 29, 2016, 9:13 AM ET
Iran flew a surveillance drone over a U.S. aircraft carrier and took "precise" photographs of it as part of an ongoing naval drill, state television reported Friday. The U.S. Navy said an unarmed Iranian drone flew near a French and American carrier on Jan. 12, but couldn't confirm it was the same incident.
The reported overflight by the unmanned aircraft came after a series of naval incidents between Iran and the U.S. in the greater Persian Gulf, including test rocket fire by the Islamic Republic and its brief capture of American sailors who strayed into its territorial waters.
The Associated Press could not independently verify the footage, which shows the drone taking video as it flies over the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. Cmdr. Kevin Stephens, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet based in Bahrain, said an unarmed Iranian drone flew near the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and "directly over" the USS Harry S. Truman on Jan. 12 as the vessels were in international waters in the Persian Gulf.
He said the drone "posed no danger to the ship" as the unmanned aircraft was unarmed and the carrier wasn't conducting flight operations at the time. It was unclear under what conditions the Navy would have prevented the overflight.
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By NASSER KARIMI AND JON GAMBRELL, ASSOCIATED PRESS TEHRAN, Iran — Jan 29, 2016, 9:13 AM ET
Iran flew a surveillance drone over a U.S. aircraft carrier and took "precise" photographs of it as part of an ongoing naval drill, state television reported Friday. The U.S. Navy said an unarmed Iranian drone flew near a French and American carrier on Jan. 12, but couldn't confirm it was the same incident.
The reported overflight by the unmanned aircraft came after a series of naval incidents between Iran and the U.S. in the greater Persian Gulf, including test rocket fire by the Islamic Republic and its brief capture of American sailors who strayed into its territorial waters.
The Associated Press could not independently verify the footage, which shows the drone taking video as it flies over the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. Cmdr. Kevin Stephens, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet based in Bahrain, said an unarmed Iranian drone flew near the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and "directly over" the USS Harry S. Truman on Jan. 12 as the vessels were in international waters in the Persian Gulf.
He said the drone "posed no danger to the ship" as the unmanned aircraft was unarmed and the carrier wasn't conducting flight operations at the time. It was unclear under what conditions the Navy would have prevented the overflight.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/iran-flew-drone-us-aircraft-carrier-36589707