President Donald Trump on Thursday said a U.S. Navy ship shot down an Iranian drone in a defensive action.



President Donald Trump on Thursday said a U.S. Navy ship shot down an Iranian drone in a defensive action.





Trump said the USS Boxer fired on the drone in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday.

"The Boxer took defensive action against an Iranian drone, which had closed into a near distance, approximately 1000 yards, ignoring multiple calls to stand down threatening safety of ship and ship's crew," Trump said.




The president added that Iran's drone "was immediately destroyed."

Trump said the drone's approach of the Boxer is "the latest of many provocative and hostile actions against vessels operating in international waters."

He said the United States "reserves [the] right to defend our personnel, facilities, condemn iran's attempts to disrupt freedom of navigation and global commerce."






Trump also called "on other nations to protect their ships as they go through the straight and work with us in the future."

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