A US warship may have brought down two Iranian drones during a stand-off in the Gulf last week, AFP reported Tuesday (July 23rd).
"We are confident we brought down one drone, we may have brought down a second," US Central Command chief Gen. Kenneth McKenzie told CBS news in an interview aboard the USS Boxer, the vessel at the centre of the incident.
A spokesman for CENTCOM, Lt. Col. Earl Brown, later said the ship had carried out a "defensive action" after "aggressive interactions by two Iranian (drones) in international waters".
"We observed one (drone) crash into the water but did not observe a 'splash' for the other," he said.
"The US reserves the right to defend our personnel, facilities, and interests and calls upon all nations to condemn any attempts to disrupt freedom of navigation and global commerce," Brown added.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) denied on Wednesday that any Iranian drone has been downed.
