US Forces Down Iranian Drone: What Tehran Won’t Fully Admit

In a telling episode of geopolitical brinkmanship, the United States military decisively shot down an Iranian Shahed-129 drone that had approached dangerously close to the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the strategic waters of the Arabian Sea. While Tehran claims it lost contact with its drone following a “successful” reconnaissance mission, the facts tell a story of aggressive provocation that risks American security and freedom on international waters. Is Iran Testing American Resolve or Simply Defying International Norms? The Islamic Republic’s Revolutionary Guard acknowledges losing communication with its drone after transmitting surveillance footage of military movements near Iranian shores....