According to US Central Command, and Associated Press, a U.S. Navy F-35 C fighter jet from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln shot down an Iranbian drone that was approaching the vessel in the Arabian Sea. The drone “aggressively approached” the aircraft carrier with “unclear intent” and kept flying toward it “despite de-escalatory measures taken by U.S. forces operating in international waters,” Central Command spokesman Capt. Tim Hawkins said in a statement. It occurred hours of Iranian forces harassing a U.S.-flagged and U.S.-crewed merchant vessel that was sailing in the Strait of Hormuz, the American military said. Hours before the drone was shot down, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted on Telegram that he had spoken with his counterparts in Kuwait, Qatar, Turkey and Oman regarding regional developments and the importance of protecting “regional stability and security.”
After the shootdown, Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard forces harassed the merchant vessel Stena Imperative, the U.S. military said. Two boats and an Iranian Mohajer drone approached the ship “at high speeds and threatened to board and seize the tanker,” Hawkins’ statement said.
The U.S. has several bases in the Middle East, including Al Udeid, which hosts thousands of American troops and is the forward headquarters for U.S. Central Command.
China’s “Da Yang Yi Hao” scientific research ship is located in the Arabian Sea, near USS Abraham Lincoln, for .. scientific research activities.
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