A video appeared on the internet where the Iranian army intercepted and dropped a US drone in Iraq, after which the Americans destroyed an unmanned aircraft.
The video made by the American drone MQ-9 on the territory of Iraq and Syria was published by the Iranian agency Fars News. Drone recorded the positions of Iraqi forces, but he was intercepted. After that, the drone fell in Iraq, a reporter Mohammed Mansur told a tweet.
Shortly thereafter, the US Air Force decided to destroy the drone. The moment of its destruction was also announced.
Journalist Babak Tagvai stressed on his Twitter that in 2011 Iran used the Russian system for radiolocation fight 1L222 "Avtobaza" for the descent of the American drone RQ-170. He confirmed that this time the same system was used.