IRGC claims 15th US drone shot down over Qeshm Island

Telegram channels @GeoPWatch and @OSINTWarfare report the IRGC claims to have downed a US drone over Qeshm Island, Iran, its fifteenth such aircraft. The channels disagree on the model, MQ-1 or MQ-9A, and no independent confirmation is given. The Telegram channel ClashReport also reports the claim, adding it used an advanced air defense system.

Middle East · Iran · United States · Missile or drone

Sources

• IRGC says it shot down a 15th U.S. MQ-1 drone over Qeshm Island using an advanced air defense system. (clashreport on Telegram)
• 🇮🇷🇺🇸⚡️ — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has announced that it shot down a U.S. Air Force (USAF) MQ-9A Reaper unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) over Qeshm Island. @OSINTWarfare (osintwarfare on Telegram)
• 🇮🇷❌🇺🇸 – The IRGC has claimed to have intercepted and shot down yet another USAF MQ-1 drone over Qeshm Island. According to Iran's count, it's the fifteenth aircraft of this type to be shot down by… (geopwatch on Telegram)

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