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shraby

(21,946 posts) Thu Jul 18, 2019, 03:41 PM Jul 2019

According to trump- The U.S. shot down an Iranian drone.

He sure cleared the newsroom deck!

None of it has been verified other than trumps announcement on t.v.
MSBC has not been able to verify any of it.

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According to trump- The U.S. shot down an Iranian drone. (Original Post) shraby Jul 2019 OP

Where was the supposed drone. CatMor Jul 2019 #1

Within a 1,000 yards of the USS Boxer nt maryellen99 Jul 2019 #2

Thanks CatMor Jul 2019 #3

And where was the USS Boxer? Applegate Jul 2019 #5

Where did Iran get the drone? Amazon Prime day? JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2019 #4

They seem to have rapidly developed their own drone technology. Applegate Jul 2019 #6

Ever hear of a "force multiplier"? flotsam Jul 2019 #7

CatMor

(6,212 posts)

1. Where was the supposed drone.

Reply to shraby (Original post)

Thu Jul 18, 2019, 03:44 PM

Jul 2019

maryellen99

(3,789 posts)

2. Within a 1,000 yards of the USS Boxer nt

Reply to CatMor (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 18, 2019, 03:52 PM

Jul 2019

CatMor

(6,212 posts)

3. Thanks

Reply to maryellen99 (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 18, 2019, 03:55 PM

Jul 2019

Applegate

(96 posts)

5. And where was the USS Boxer?

Reply to maryellen99 (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 18, 2019, 04:07 PM

Jul 2019

That strait is pretty narrow, and Iran has territorial waters. It's their coastline, after all.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,364 posts)

4. Where did Iran get the drone? Amazon Prime day?

Reply to shraby (Original post)

Thu Jul 18, 2019, 04:05 PM

Jul 2019

I'm guessing it wasn't the same class of drone as the U.S. lost.

Applegate

(96 posts)

6. They seem to have rapidly developed their own drone technology.

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 18, 2019, 04:08 PM

Jul 2019

Maybe they reverse engineered that one of ours that crashed a few years ago.

flotsam

(3,268 posts)

7. Ever hear of a "force multiplier"?

Reply to shraby (Original post)

Thu Jul 18, 2019, 04:17 PM

Jul 2019

If we start shooting down $100 drones with $1,000,000 missiles who wins?

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