Iran's Revolutionary Guard tried to steal a US Navy drone in the Strait of Hormuz — and an American drone overhead answered with two missiles. Both Iranian boats were destroyed. The US military never announced it.
Two IRGC fast boats raced toward a US Navy Saildrone Explorer, an unmanned sailboat with no one on board, patrolling the narrowest part of the strait near Larak Island. Their plan was simple: grab it and tow it to Iran. They never got the chance. Iran told the world they were fishing boats. US Central Command confirmed only that the boats failed after US forces "forcefully responded," and that the drone remains under US control.
In this video we break down the story almost nobody heard:
• What the Saildrone Explorer is: a 23-foot, wind- and solar-powered drone that can stay at sea for 12+ months
• Task Force 59, the Navy's unmanned fleet in the Middle East
• Why Iran wants these drones so badly
• The underwater drone Iran already captured at the entrance to the strait
• 2022: the real Navy video of Iran towing a Saildrone, and the 18-hour Red Sea stand-off that followed
Source: The Navy Channel
