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Iranian Shahed drone downed US Apache helicopter; crew rescued by unmanned boat

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Iranian Shahed Drone Downed US Apache; Crew Rescued by Unmanned Boat
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TL;DR

An Iranian Shahed attack drone, costing about $20,000, downed a US Apache helicopter worth tens of millions of dollars, according to a report on IDF Radio. The two pilots were rescued from the water by a remote-controlled rescue boat, which then transferred them to a manned rescue helicopter. The report adds new detail to the June 9 incident in the Persian Gulf region.

01 · How it developed

6 developments

  1. Latest

    Weapon identified as 358-type surface-to-air missile launched from fast boat

  2. Pilots rescued by unmanned boat; IDF Radio identifies helicopter as Apache

  3. CNN identifies the Iranian UAV as a Shahed-136 model.

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02 · Source and signal

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