Tension: U.S. Navy Drone Shot Down 21 Miles from Iranian The commander of U.S. Air Force Central Command on Thursday described Wednesday's shoot-down of a U.S. surveillance drone in the Strait of Hormuz as a "dangerous and escalatory attack" by Iranian forces at a time when tensions are soaring in the Gulf region.
In a statement, Air Force Lt. Gen. Joseph Guastella said the strike on the U.S. Navy RQ-4 Global Hawk by an Iranian surface-to-air missile was an unprovoked attack, describing how the drone was "operating at high altitude, approximately 34 kilometers (about 21 miles) from the nearest point of land on the Iranian coast."
"This attack is an attempt to disrupt our ability to monitor the area following recent threats to international shipping and the free flow of commerce," he said, reading a statement to reporters at the Pentagon from Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar.
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