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The United States military says it shot down an Iranian drone that approached an American aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea.
In a statement on Tuesday, US Central Command spokesman Tim Hawkins said a US fighter jet from the USS Abraham Lincoln “shot down the Iranian drone in self-defense and to protect the aircraft carrier and personnel on board”.
The Shahed-139 drone was shot down by an F-35C fighter jet from the Lincoln, which CENTCOM said was sailing about 800km (500 miles) from Iran’s southern coast.
