Reporter we have new details of that incident about the u. S. Reaper drone that was fired on by the iranians on thursday. A senior u. S. Official tells me just minutes after the first distress call went out from the tanker at 6 12 a. M. Local time, the u. S. Military moved an unmanned mq9 reaper drone over the tanker. The drone alived at 6 20 a. M arrived at 6 20 a. M. Local time. At i 6 45 a. M. Local time, prior to the Second Attack on the second tanker, a missile was fired at the u. S. Drone on station over the au pair. Thats a norwegian flagship. It missed. U. S. Officials have assessed it was a modified sa7 surface to air missile fired from irans mainland. It was fired after the u. S. Drone arrived on station to assist the norwegian tanker. Separately, weve learned from u. S. Officials that an american mq9 drone was also shot down over yemen by Iranianbacked Houthi rebels in recent days. The British Government has issued a statement blaming irans revolutionary guard corps for the