19 jun 2019 VID: that US Navy heavy UAV shot down by Iran...

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19 jun 2019 VID: that US Navy heavy UAV shot down by Iran...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrrNg86JZv8

https://www.thedailybeast.com/bams-d-dr ... -spy-plane
The U.S. Drone Shot Down by Iran Is a $200 Million Prototype Spy Plane

The Navy now possesses as few as three of the high-flying, 737-size BAMS-D drones,
which can theoretically watch over the Persian Gulf around the clock.
An official US military video showing the smoke trail from a US Navy RQ-4A BAMS-D drone after Iranian forces shot it down in the Gulf of Oman.

Official caption: Video showing the smoke trail left after a U.S. Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down over the Gulf of Oman 18 June 2019.

https://www.dvidshub.net/video/691383/s ... lobal-hawk
...see
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/2 ... hawk-drone
Intriguing... :|
Finally, CENTCOM clarifies, saying the drone was a Global Hawk used by the US Navy,
UPDATE: 10:15am PDT—

The U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet has now released a video showing the smoke trail from the BAMS-D drone after an Iranian missile struck it.
UPDATE: 10:40am PDT—

We now also have unconfirmed footage of Iranian personnel firing the Raad (Thunder) missile at the BAMS-D drone.
UPDATE: 11:40am PDT—

Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has given precise map coordinates for where Iran says the drone was flying
when it targeted it and also claims Iranian forces recovered
portions of the unmanned aircraft that landed in the country's territorial waters.
...and
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/2 ... hawk-drone
is getting more and more updates...
November 2024 update at FokkerNews.nl....
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