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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

US military shot down Iranian drones launched toward Strait of Hormuz

Media Pentagon - (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The U.S. military says it shot down four Iranian drones that were launched toward the Strait of Hormuz on Friday and then struck some of the Islamic Republic’s coastal surveillance radar sites in response.

“The attack drones posed an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic,” U.S. Central Command said on social media.

It was the latest in back-and-forth attacks that have strained the tenuous ceasefire in the war.

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