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US drone enters Iran's airpsace, leaves after warning

Tasnim gave no details on how the Iranian authorities had warned the unmanned drone to leave its airspace

Reuters August 29, 2016

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Iran's military detected a US drone entering Iranian airspace on Monday and warned it to leave, which it subsequently did, Iran's Tasnim news agency reported.

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"Iran's army air defense detected and warned an American drone in the eastern airspace of the country. It was coming from Afghanistan. The drone left the area," Tasnim quoted the Iranian military as saying.

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Tasnim gave no details on how the Iranian authorities had warned the unmanned drone to leave its airspace.

COMMENTS (2)

Mr Obvious | 8 years ago | Reply How do you "warn" a drone?

Bunny Rabbit | 8 years ago | Reply Dear Iran I know you are one of the few gutsy countries around ( after India ) but beware of Uncle Sam look at countries ( and rulers) which didn't abide by their rules - Iraq, Afghanistan, Lybia . Egypt ... Be careful .

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