On 5 December 2011, an American Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was captured by Iranian forces near the city of Kashmar in northeastern Iran.

Dec 8, 2011 · Iranian TV has shown the first video footage of an advanced US drone aircraft that Tehran says it downed 140 miles (225km) from the Afghan border. Images show Iranian military officials...

Mar 5, 2025 · A United States military drone has been tracked flying very close to Iranian airspace, according to flight data.. Information from FlightRadar24, captured the moment a U.S. MQ-4C reconnaissance ...

Aug 30, 2022 · An Iranian ship tried and failed Monday night to capture a U.S. Navy sea-based drone in the Persian Gulf, according to the Navy.

Feb 7, 2013 · Iran has released what it says is decoded video footage extracted from a US surveillance drone captured in 2011. The material broadcast on Iranian state television purports to show a US base and...

According to Iran, the drone was struck by an Iranian-produced 3rd Khordad SAM located near Garuk, Hormozgan Province. [18] [19] However, citing a Pentagon official, Newsweek reported the missile as a Russian-origin S-125 Neva/Pechora. [20]

Sep 2, 2022 · The Islamic Republic of Iran Navy briefly captured two U.S. unmanned surface vehicles in the Red Sea on Thursday, a U.S. Navy official confirmed to USNI News. Frigate IRIS Jamaran (FFLG 76) seized two Saildrone Explorer USVs, which are operated by U.S. 5th Fleet, on Thursday afternoon before returning them to U.S. custody the next day.

Jun 20, 2019 · Early Thursday morning, Iran shot down a United States unmanned aerial vehicle over the Strait of Hormuz, which runs between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Iran identified the drone as an...

Apr 22, 2012 · Iran has begun building a copy of the US surveillance drone it captured last year, after breaking its encryption codes, Iranian officials say. "The Americans should be aware to what extent we...

Dec 8, 2011 · Bat-winged, high-flying and hard to detect, America's RQ-170 Sentinel plane is the perfect stealth drone for peering into another country's secret sites without being caught.