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US military shoots Iranian drone approaching carrier

US fighter jet shoots down Iranian drone approaching US aircraft carrier

A U.S. fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone as it approached the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea on Tuesday, according to a statement from U.S. Central Command.

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