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Iran has tried to take down an American UAV aircraft
Washington, USA - The drone was flying over the Persian Gulf, outside of Iranian airspace
![An MQ-1 Predator in an archive picture(U.S. Air Force photo/Lt Col Leslie Pratt)](https://www.avionews.it/resources/big/c33dce592cadf49cc924a369cc0924ce.jpg.webp)
On November 1st 2012 a fighter of the Iranian Air Force fired on an unarmed American UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, a remote-controlled aircraft with no pilot) aircraft, which was flying at roughly 16 nautical miles from the shoreline of the country, Pentagon spokesperson George Little declared: under international law, national sovereignty extends for 12 nautical miles, so the aircraft had not entered...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1147148
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency