Iran's Revolutionary Guard denies drone capture
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard is denying it captured a foreign unmanned aircraft during a military exercise in southern Iran.
A spokesman for the Guard, Yasin Hasanali, told The Associated Press he drone was actually being used during the drill as a supposed enemy aircraft.
Iranian media Saturday quoted a spokesman for the Guard as saying that its electronic warfare unit had taken control of a foreign drone's navigation system and forced it to land during the site of the military exercise.
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