Iranian drone dangerously close to a US Navy aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf
Moscow. 14 Aug. INTERFAX.RU — the Us military recorded cases of dangerous approaching of the Iranian drone of the aircraft carrier of the U.S. Navy in the Persian Gulf, transfers on Monday Agency AP.
The incident occurred on Monday night. On the aircraft was not established weapons.
According to the representative of the Fifth fleet of the US Navy Lieutenant Ian Mackeage, “Iranian UAV was not included navigation lights, when he was in the vicinity of a U.S. aircraft carrier “Nimitz”.
The aircraft carrier “Nimitz” and the drone at some point separated a distance of approximately 300 meters, and the Iranian side has ignored the American messages on the radio.
As stressed Macconaghy, such actions of Iran’s dangerous and unprofessional. A similar case occurred last Tuesday, when Iranian drone approached the fighter of the U.S. Navy in the Persian Gulf, and the distance between them was only 30.5 meters.