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US shoots down Iranian drone ‘aggressively’ approaching aircraft carrier

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Tuesday, February 3, 2026

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US shoots down Iranian drone ‘aggressively’ approaching aircraft carrier
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The US military on ‌Tuesday shot down an Iranian drone that “aggressively” approached the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the ‍Arabian Sea, a US official said. The incident came as diplomats sought to arrange nuclear talks between Iran and the United States, and US President Donald Trump warn...

The US military on ‌Tuesday shot down an Iranian drone that “aggressively” approached the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the ‍Arabian Sea, a US official said. The incident came as diplomats sought to arrange nuclear talks between Iran and the United States, and US President Donald Trump warned that with American warships heading towards Iran, “bad things” would ⁠probably happen if a deal could not be reached. The Iranian Shahed-139 drone was flying towards the carrier “with unclear intent”...

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