US President Donald Trump said today that the United States destroyed an Iranian drone that came within 1,000 yards of an American vessel in the Strait of Hormuz. Defense officials told CNN the drone was brought down today by electronic jamming.
Why it matters: The incident marks another critical moment in the standoff between the United States and Iran in the Gulf over the past two months, including Iran’s shootdown of an American Global Hawk surveillance drone that nearly prompted a military response from the Trump administration.
