Iran announced that it shot down a US MQ-9 type UAV near the Strait of Hormuz

Iran reported that it shot down a US MQ-9 Reaper type unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that violated airspace near the Strait of Hormuz.

According to the written statement of the Revolutionary Guards Army, as a result of intelligence and tracking activities carried out by air defense elements, an MQ-9 type UAV was detected and shot down in the skies of Hormozgan.

It was reported that the UAV in question crashed after being hit.

In its news published yesterday, the American Washington Post newspaper stated that the USA lost 45 of the MQ-9 Reaper type UAVs, which it used extensively during the war with Iran, especially around the Strait of Hormuz.

In the news based on US officials, it was noted that this amount corresponded to approximately 25 percent of the MQ-9 Reaper fleet.