Photos: Iranian Drone Makes Close Pass Over US Navy’s Nimitz Aircraft Carrier in Persian Gulf

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Photos: Iranian Drone Makes Close Pass Over US Navy’s Nimitz Aircraft Carrier in Persian Gulf

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has released several close-up photos of the US Navy’s aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and ships from its strike group, which entered the Persian Gulf last week.

According to Iran’s Tasnim News Agency, which published the IRGC’s photos on Wednesday, the overflight occurred before the Nimitz transited the Strait of Hormuz. According to the US Navy, the 100,000-ton warship, along with two guided-missile cruisers and a guided-missile destroyer, passed through the waterway and entered the Persian Gulf on September 18.

According to Tasnim, IRGC Navy Commander Rear Admiral Ali Reza Tangsiri said the force detected the Nimitz’s strike group using domestically-produced Mohajer-6 drones. He made the remarks at a ceremony inducting 188 of the small, new, fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles into IRGC service.

That was the day that nearly a dozen IRGC speedboats zipped in close circles around several US warships at the northern end of the Persian Gulf, with video and photos of the incident published by the IRGC afterward. US President Donald Trump then ordered US warships to “shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea.”

Sourse: sputniknews.com

Photos: Iranian Drone Makes Close Pass Over US Navy’s Nimitz Aircraft Carrier in Persian Gulf

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