USS Boxer Downs Iranian Drone in ‘Defensive Action’

USS Boxer (LHD-4) transits the Pacific Ocean. Boxer in March 2019. US Navy Photo

Amphibious warship USS Boxer (LHD-4) took down an Iranian drone that U.S. officials say threatened the ship as it entered the Persian Gulf on Thursday.

At about 10 a.m. local time, Boxer was transiting Strait of Hormuz when an Iranian fixed-wing drone approached the ship, a defense official told USNI News.

The crew of the ship took “defensive action against the unmanned aerial system to ensure the safety of the ship...

https://news.usni.org/2019/07/18/uss-boxer-downs-iranian-drone-in-defensive-action

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