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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In The News, 21 June 2019Aerospace, Military Sciences, United States, Iran, Middle East and North Africa
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