Iranian air defenses have shot down anAmerican MQ-1C Gray Eagle reconnaissance and strike drone operating near the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian sources say the aircraft was destroyed before they could pose a threat to Iranian territory.

The MQ-1C is one of the U.S. Army’s most sophisticated armed surveillance drones, capable of carrying Hellfire missiles and advanced ISR equipment. Recent Army procurement figures work out to roughly $35 million per system.

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