❗️Iran announces downing of 14th US MQ-1 drone Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it had shot down a US MQ-1 drone east of the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Sirik. In a statement, the IRGC said its Aerospace Force detected and destroyed the drone using a new advanced air defense system operating under Iran’s integrated air defense network. It added that the drone was the 14th MQ-1 to be intercepted and destroyed by its air defenses. Each MQ-1 drone is estimated to cost around $4 million.