WASHINGTON, July 18 --- U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that a U.S. warship destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz.
Speaking at the White House, Trump said that USS Boxer, an amphibious assault ship of the U.S. Navy, destroyed the drone that threatened the U.S. warship by flying within 1,000 yards of it and ignored multiple warning.
Trump said the drone was "threatening the safety of the ship and the ship's crew," calling the downing a "defensive action."
Chief Pentagon spokesperson Jonathan Hoffman said later in a statement that USS Boxer downed the approaching drone at approximately 10 a.m. local time during its planned inbound transit of the Strait of Hormuz.
"A fixed wing unmanned aerial system (UAS) approached USS Boxer and closed within a threatening range. The ship took defensive action against the UAS to ensure the safety of the ship and its crew," said the statement.
Citing U.S. defense officials, cnn reported that the Iranian drone was brought down by counter-drone jamming equipment, which was operated by U.S. marines aboard the USS Boxer.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif later told reporters at the UN headquarters "We have no information about losing a drone today."
The incident came as Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it had seized a foreign ship "smuggling fuel" in the Gulf on Thursday and days after reports of a British tanker being harassed in the region.
The downing of the Iranian drone also came one month after a U.S. drone operating over the Strait of Hormuz was shot down by Iranian air defense system on June 19, which almost led to a U.S. military retaliation against Iran.
USS Boxer, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, arrived in U.S. Central Command area of operation on June 23 with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and two other amphibious warships, according to a statement of U.S. 5th Fleet.
The United States has been upgrading its military posture in the Middle East since May by sending troops and military assets to the region. Pentagon claimed these measures are "prudent response to credible threats from Iran" and for "defensive purpose."
"Anybody who starts a war with Iran will not be the one who ends it," Zarif warned on Wednesday, referring to the escalating tensions between Iran and the United States amid U.S. military buildup in the region.
【外研英语,七省专用】2014《走向高考》一轮总复习(2016春出版)第二部分 学生作业手册:必修四4-4
四川省广安市2014高考英语一轮基础训练题(11)及答案
【外研英语,七省专用】2014《走向高考》英语一轮总复习(2016春出版)第一部分 教师讲义手册:选修七7-4
2014年牛津译林版高中英语总复习(第1轮)同步练习 M4《Unit 2 Sports events》
【外研英语,七省专用】2014《走向高考》英语一轮总复习(2016春出版)第一部分 教师讲义手册:选修七写作进行时7
【外研英语,七省专用】2014《走向高考》英语一轮总复习(2016春出版)第一部分 教师讲义手册:选修七7-3
四川省广安市2014高考英语一轮基础训练题(8)及答案
【外研英语,七省专用】2014《走向高考》一轮总复习(2016春出版)第二部分 学生作业手册:必修三3-6
【外研英语,七省专用】2014《走向高考》一轮总复习(2016春出版)第一部分 教师讲义手册:选修七专项语法突破14
四川省广安市2014高考英语一轮基础训练题(10)及答案
四川省广安市2014高考英语一轮基础训练题(7)及答案
【外研英语,七省专用】2014《走向高考》一轮总复习(2016春出版)第二部分 学生作业手册:必修一1-6
2014年牛津译林版高中英语总复习(第1轮)同步练习 M3《Unit 3 Back to the past》Word版含解析
【外研英语,七省专用】2014《走向高考》一轮总复习(2016春出版)第二部分 学生作业手册:必修三3-4
【外研英语,七省专用】2014《走向高考》一轮总复习(2016春出版)第二部分 学生作业手册:必修三3-2
2014年牛津译林版高中英语总复习(第1轮)同步练习 M11《Unit 4 The next step》Word版含解析
【外研英语,七省专用】2014《走向高考》英语一轮总复习(2016春出版)第一部分 教师讲义手册:选修七7-5
【外研英语,七省专用】2014《走向高考》一轮总复习(2016春出版)第二部分 学生作业手册:必修四4-1
【外研英语,七省专用】2014《走向高考》一轮总复习(2016春出版)第二部分 学生作业手册:必修四4-3
2014年牛津译林版高中英语总复习(第1轮)同步练习 M2《Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained》Word版含解析
【外研英语,七省专用】2014《走向高考》一轮总复习(2016春出版)第二部分 学生作业手册:必修四4-5
【外研英语,七省专用】2014《走向高考》一轮总复习(2016春出版)第二部分 学生作业手册:必修三3-1
【外研英语,七省专用】2014《走向高考》英语一轮总复习(2016春出版)第一部分 教师讲义手册:选修七7-6
【外研英语,七省专用】2014《走向高考》英语一轮总复习(2016春出版)第一部分 教师讲义手册:选修七专项语法突破13
【外研英语,七省专用】2014《走向高考》一轮总复习(2016春出版)第一部分 教师讲义手册:选修八高考专项突破1(2)
浙江省湖州市2014高考英语完形填空一轮(暑假)精炼(13)含答案
【外研英语,七省专用】2014《走向高考》一轮总复习(2016春出版)第二部分 学生作业手册:必修三3-5
【外研英语,七省专用】2014《走向高考》一轮总复习(2016春出版)第二部分 学生作业手册:必修一1-1
【外研英语,七省专用】2014《走向高考》一轮总复习(2016春出版)第二部分 学生作业手册:必修一1-3
【外研英语,七省专用】2014《走向高考》一轮总复习(2016春出版)第二部分 学生作业手册:必修一1-4
| 不限 |
| 英语教案 |
| 英语课件 |
| 英语试题 |
| 不限 |
| 不限 |
| 上册 |
| 下册 |
| 不限 |