{"id":55001,"date":"2020-09-13T07:19:15","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T12:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=55001"},"modified":"2020-09-13T07:19:15","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T12:19:15","slug":"iran-says-it-chased-off-us-spy-plane-during-large-scale-hormuz-exercises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=55001","title":{"rendered":"Iran Says It Chased Off US Spy Plane During Large-Scale Hormuz Exercises"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/iran-says-it-chased-us-spy-plane-during-large-scale-hormuz-exercises\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Iran Says It Chased Off US Spy Plane During Large-Scale Hormuz Exercises<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\">\n<footer class=\"node__meta\">\n<div class=\"submission-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>On Friday the AFP reported on some surprising statement from Iran&#8217;s military, which however remains\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/iran-says-it-drove-off-us-aircraft-that-flew-close-to-military-exercise-zone\/#gs.fyjg2h\">unconfirmed from the US side<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Iranian navy on Friday said it\u00a0<strong>drove off American aircraft that flew close to an area where military exercises were underway near the Strait of Hormuz<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/navyp8.jpg?itok=vPmSdU6Q\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/navyp8.jpg?itok=vPmSdU6Q\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/navyp8.jpg?itok=tYNMDTEt 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/navyp8.jpg?itok=tYNMDTEt 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/navyp8.jpg?itok=tYNMDTEt 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/navyp8.jpg?itok=tYNMDTEt 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/navyp8.jpg?itok=tYNMDTEt 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/navyp8.jpg?itok=vPmSdU6Q 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"caption caption-img\" role=\"group\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/navyp8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"7d59afef-9860-44a3-968d-6a16694c54c1\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><figcaption><em>US Navy P-8A Poseidon, file image via Boeing<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Specifically it was claimed that three total American aircraft, including\u00a0a P-8 spy plane, a MQ-9 drone and a RQ-4 drone, were caught entering Iran&#8217;s air defense identification zone and were picked up by their radar.<\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s navy claimed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/2020\/09\/iran-says-us-aircraft-flew-close-to-military-exercise-zone\/\">that after<\/a>\u00a0<strong>\u201cignoring warnings by Iran\u2019s defense systems to keep away from the drill zone\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0the American planes were tracked by an Iranian drone before\u00a0<strong>\u201cthey changed course and left the zone.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Iranians are in the midst of three-day\u00a0\u201cZolfaghar 99\u201d exercises in the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil transit point, with the drills stretching into the Indian Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Washington&#8217;s maximum pressure campaign still intense as ever in the form of sanctions, the kind of direct conflict witnessed early this year with the killing of the IRGC&#8217;s Qassem Soleimani has been largely absent this summer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/irandrone.jpg?itok=cQ328d81\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/irandrone.jpg?itok=cQ328d81\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/irandrone.jpg?itok=VkLxSUDJ 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/irandrone.jpg?itok=VkLxSUDJ 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/irandrone.jpg?itok=VkLxSUDJ 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/irandrone.jpg?itok=VkLxSUDJ 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/irandrone.jpg?itok=VkLxSUDJ 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/irandrone.jpg?itok=cQ328d81 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"caption caption-img\" role=\"group\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/irandrone.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"290\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"8d8237f9-8131-4156-8091-f8df410580ac\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><figcaption><em>Iranian Fotros drone, via state media<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Recall that days following the US drone strike on the elite commander while exiting the Baghdad airport, Iran responded with major missile strikes on US bases in Iraq, which in a sense remained &#8220;the final word&#8221; on the matter.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"newsletter-insert\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-insert__left-section\">\n<h2 class=\"newsletter-insert__title\">NEVER MISS THE NEWS THAT MATTERS MOST<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"newsletter-insert__right-section\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-insert__right-section-flex-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-insert__subtext\">ZEROHEDGE 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