Iran Claims Strike on U.S. Airbase After 4 Drones Were Downed
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Updated · NBC News · May 28
Iran Claims Strike on U.S. Airbase After 4 Drones Were Downed
15 articles · Updated · NBC News · May 28
Iran said it targeted an American airbase after U.S. forces shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones and struck a ground-control station near Bandar Abbas.
The U.S. said the station posed a direct threat to American forces and commercial shipping near the Strait of Hormuz, framing the action as defensive.
The exchange deepened doubts about efforts to preserve the fragile ceasefire and reopen the crucial shipping lane.
Hours earlier, President Donald Trump signaled no deal was near and said he would not be rushed by economic pressure or the coming midterm elections.
With U.S. aircraft losses mounting, is Iran's low-cost drone strategy defeating America's high-tech military?
Is the IRGC's new 'total confrontation' strategy leading Iran into an unwinnable, existential war?
As the critical Strait of Hormuz remains contested, how close is the world to a global oil crisis?