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The latest drone loss adds to a mounting US bill exceeding $1 billion as Bitcoin continues to serve as a geopolitical hedge during the Iran conflict.
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it shot down an American MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Persian Gulf on May 26, coupling the claim with a pointed warning against what it called ceasefire violations by the United States.
The incident marks another costly chapter in a conflict that has already chewed through over two dozen US Reaper drones, roughly 20% of America’s pre-war inventory of the surveillance-and-strike platform. Each MQ-9 carries a price tag between $16 million and $30 million, putting total estimated losses north of $1 billion.
