America and Iran have a long history of drone dust-ups
ONE MONTH after Iran shot an uncrewed American spy plane out of the sky in the Strait of Hormuz, America has returned the favour. On July 18th the, an American warship loaded with marines, zapped an Iranian drone that had approached within 1,000 yards and refused to “stand down”, according to President Donald Trump. The drone was taken out not by bullets or missiles, but by electronic warfare used to jam its signals.
These are risky tactics at a time when the Persian Gulf is thick with American military aircraft and Iranian missileers are likely to have twitchy trigger fingers. This week’s skirmish comes at a particularly sensitive moment. On the same day as the’s take-down, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards announced that they had seized a ship carrying 1m litres of oil and its crew of 12, accusing it of smuggling.
The root cause of the crisis is America’s decision to walk away from a multinational nuclear deal signed with Iran in 2015. Though Iran remained in compliance with the deal for a year, in recent weeks it has begun breaking several of its provisions, such as caps on the quantity and purity of enriched uranium.
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