Justin Bronk, research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, described the drone as “very sophisticated” and said it was unlikely that the military aircraft would have strayed accidentally into Iranian air space.
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Iran has made a very bad mistake — Trump
In The News, 21 June 2019Aerospace, United States, Iran, Military Sciences, Middle East and North Africa
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