Pentagon: Iranian Plane Pursued US Spy Drone
” An Iranian fighter jet approached a U.S. surveillance drone over the Gulf but broke off its pursuit after the pilot of a U.S. escort plane radioed a verbal warning, the Pentagon said Thursday.
Pentagon press secretary George Little said the incident occurred Tuesday and that the unarmed MQ-1 Predator surveillance drone as well as two U.S. military escort planes remained over international waters at all times.
Little said the drone was conducting a “routine classified” surveillance mission.”
He said the Iranian F-4 plane came as close as 16 miles (25 kilometers)to the drone before it departed.”
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