Breaking News - Drone in International Air Space Shot at by Iran - On November 1 - and we are learning about - SURPRISE!!! - today!
An unarmed US surveillance drone shot on by Iran while in International Airspace - utterly legal - on November 1. It was a classified mission per the State Department but was confirmed today when the mission came up on a presser when CNN asked about it...
Pentagon confirms the story...
timing interesting given that the election was 5 days after...
US says Iran fired on US drone over Gulf
November 08, 2012 19:28 GMT
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon says an Iranian military plane fired upon, but did not hit, an unarmed U.S. drone aircraft a week ago in what a spokesman said was international airspace over the Persian Gulf.
Pentagon press secretary George Little disclosed the incident was disclosed Thursday.
Little said the drone aircraft was performing "routine surveillance" and was about 16 miles off the Iranian coast when an Iranian SU-25 warplane intercepted it and opened fire. He said it was the first time an unmanned U.S. aircraft was shot at in international airspace over the Gulf.
Little said the U.S. informed the Iranians that it would continue to conduct such surveillance flights in international airspace.