US destroys Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump says that the US has destroyed a drone flying close to a US warship in the Strait of Hormuz. The drone was shot down the same day Iran announced it has seized a foreign tanker vessel.
The drone was shut down by US warship USS Boxer. | Photo: CRAIG Z. RODARTE/AFP / US NAVY
The drone was shut down by US warship USS Boxer. | Photo: CRAIG Z. RODARTE/AFP / US NAVY
BY RITZAU FINANS

Thursday, a US warship shot down an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, says US President Donald Trump, according to news agency AP.

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