A U.S. official confirmed on Tuesday that the U.S. military shot down an Iranian drone as it approached the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea, reported Reuters.

The U.S. shot down an Iranian drone targeting the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, and a U.S.-flagged ship evaded an attempt by armed Iranian gunboats to force it to stop, as tensions escalated T...

The shootdown occurred within hours of Iranian forces harassing a U.S.-flagged and U.S.-crewed merchant vessel that was sailing in the Strait of Hormuz, the American military said.