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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAccording to trump- The U.S. shot down an Iranian drone.
He sure cleared the newsroom deck!
None of it has been verified other than trumps announcement on t.v.
MSBC has not been able to verify any of it.
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According to trump- The U.S. shot down an Iranian drone. (Original Post)
shraby
Jul 2019
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CatMor
(6,212 posts)1. Where was the supposed drone.
maryellen99
(3,789 posts)2. Within a 1,000 yards of the USS Boxer nt
Applegate
(96 posts)5. And where was the USS Boxer?
That strait is pretty narrow, and Iran has territorial waters. It's their coastline, after all.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,369 posts)4. Where did Iran get the drone? Amazon Prime day?
I'm guessing it wasn't the same class of drone as the U.S. lost.
Applegate
(96 posts)6. They seem to have rapidly developed their own drone technology.
Maybe they reverse engineered that one of ours that crashed a few years ago.
flotsam
(3,268 posts)7. Ever hear of a "force multiplier"?
If we start shooting down $100 drones with $1,000,000 missiles who wins?