Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed it captured a second US unmanned underwater vehicle in the Strait of Hormuz, saying the vessel was conducting an intelligence mission in the strategic waterway.
The IRGC Navy said on Sunday that its forces seized the American-made underwater vehicle during what it described as a complex operation involving intelligence capabilities and electronic warfare.
According to Iranian state media, the vehicle was identified as a Remus 600 autonomous underwater vehicle and was operating in the Strait of Hormuz for what the Guards described as espionage.
“Through a coordinated, complex operation involving intelligence oversight and electronic warfare, IRGC naval forces’ personnel successfully captured an advanced unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) belonging to the terrorist US military,” the IRGC naval forces said in a statement carried by state television.
The Guards said the vehicle was now in the possession of Iranian specialists, who would examine it and attempt to recover information stored on the system.
The claim comes less than three weeks after Iran announced the capture of another US unmanned submarine near the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz.
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