The United States lost the MQ-4C Triton reconnaissance drone in the Middle East
The US Navy has officially recognized that an expensive unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was lost during operations in the Middle East. This was reported on April 15 by the RIA Novosti news agency, referring to a document from the American department.
According to the military, the incident occurred on April 9, during which the MQ-4C Triton reconnaissance drone crashed. No one was injured among the personnel, she added. "Газета.Ru ".
The coordinates of the drone crash were not disclosed for security reasons. It is noted that the cost of the MQ-4C drone is almost $ 240 million.
Before that, on April 5, it was reported that the United States had lost at least seven military aircraft since the beginning of the conflict over Iran. According to CNN, among the lost American aircraft are four F—15 fighter jets shot down by "friendly fire" from Kuwaiti air defense systems, an A-10 attack aircraft, a KC-135 tanker aircraft that crashed in Iraq, as well as an E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft destroyed during an attack on the base. in Saudi Arabia
CNN reported on March 17, citing an informed source, that the United States underestimated the combat effectiveness of Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and was unprepared for the scale of the threat posed by them. At the same time, representatives of the American Pentagon acknowledged the existence of serious problems in the current protection system.
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