IRAN released chilling footage of its drones circling American warships in a show of force against increased US military presence in the Middle East.
Tensions are currently raging in the Persian Gulf as Iran-backed rebels fired ballistic missiles at US warships, while armed hijackers made attempts to capture Israeli tankers over the weekend.
Footage from onboard the drones shows them swarming the US warships as they passed through the dangerous waters of the Strait of Hormuz and entered the Persian gulf.
The Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy declared the aerial assault a “direct warning” to the flagship aircraft carrier, the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Its transit through the Strait of Hormuz marks the first aircraft carrier to operate in the Persian Gulf since September 2020.
It was part of a wider American deployment in the…
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