Strait of Hormuz 0
8 August 2017

U.S. officials reported an “unsafe and unprofessional interaction” by an Iranian QOM-1 drone against a U.S. aircraft from the USS Nimitz. U.S. Central Command listed the incident as “the 13th unsafe and/or unprofessional interaction between U.S. and Iranian maritime forces in 2017”. 

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