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Iran Shoots Down One Of Four Legacy Navy Global Hawk UAVs

Thursday, June 20th, 2019

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Iran Shoots Down One Of Four Legacy Navy Global Hawk UAVs

The U.S. Navy Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstrator (BAMS-D) unmanned aircraft, based on the U.S. Air Force Global Hawk system. (Photo: Northrop Grumman)

U.S. Central Command confirmed Thursday that Iran shot down one of four legacy Navy Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) near the Strait of Hormuz. The aircraft was a U.S. Navy Northrop Grumman [NOC] RQ-4 Global Hawk Broad Area Maritime Surveillance-Demonstrator (BAMS-D), used for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions. Central Command said the aircraft was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile while operating in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz around 11:35pm GMT on June 19. “This unprovoked…

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