Feb. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy shot down an Iranian drone that flew toward an aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea on Tuesday, U.S. Central Command said.
The Pentagon said the Shahed-139 drone "aggressively" approached the USS Abraham Lincoln while it was moving through the Arabian Sea about 500 miles from the southern coast of Iran and "unnecessarily maneuvered" toward the ship.
The drone continued to fly toward the ship "despite de-escalatory measures taken by U.S. forces operating in international waters," said Capt. Tim Hawkins, Central Command spokesperson.
An F-35 fighter jet shot down the drone, and no American service members or equipment were harmed, Hawkins said in a statement.
The incident is the first in the latest ramp-up of tensions between Washington and Tehran, since President Donald Trump sent an "armada" of ships to waters near Iran. The carrier and a group of destroyers arrived last week.
