but i rainian forces. we re told it has been set free to continue its journey. here s british foreign secretary jeremy hunt. we will respond in a way that is robust and we re absolutely clear if this situation is not resolved quickly, there will be serious consequences. in recent weeks, authorities say iran has attacked various oil tankers, shot down a u.s. drone in international airspace, captured several foreign tankers and flew a drone within 1,000 feet of the u.s.s. boxer. the u.s. navy brought down the drone by using an electronic jamming device to disable it. iranian officials say the drone is not theirs. the pentagon says it is. today president trump said this about the latest escalation. iran is in big trouble right now. their economy is crashing. a lot of bad things are
also what s interesting, earlier we heard it was shot down, but this was a new capability that the military has on some of their ships. it s a jamming device. so they actually jammed the drone and it literally fell out of the sky and was destroyed. so but so not to get hung up on this, did we shoot it down? is it our asthaertion we shsertt it down or that we jammed it and that brought it down? you can say brought it down or took it down, but it wasn t shot down. got it. like what the military considers a kinetic action. they swramjammed it and caused lose its communication and it fell out of the sky and was destroyed. ned, if you heard about this incident, what would your gut reaction be? it s hard to imagine a completely analogous situation, craig. i think this administration haze taken on a different approach to iran. an approach ha could be
we also know the ships will protect themselves. if you remember bishop that was attacked in yemen or the us naval personnel taken hostage by the iranian s. the craft, close to the united states it will defend itself and has the capability to do that. unlikely to be mistaken for something else. mistaken for one of our own? that is what they are trying to claim. what we did is use a jamming device. they are saying we shot down one of our own. here is the scenario. we shot down our own drone and called the president of the united states and tell and we shot down an iranian drone. that s what a navy officer is going to do. why would the iranian s denied it happened? the simple logical answer is they are not interested in escalating the conflict. you always want to look tough. so you just unite you had one and don t have to hit the guy back.
west coast newsroom, trace. this happened in international waters just as the uss boxer and amphibious assault ship was leaving the strait of hormuz and entering the persian gulf, the pentagon says that the unmanned aerial vehicle was closing in on the boxer within 1,000 yards and ignored numerous calls to stand down. that s when the ship took defensive action and use that anti-drone electronic jetting jamming device that effectively render the drone useless and brought it down. today the iranian foreign minister issued a statement saying that his country has no information about losing a drone. this of course is just the latest event that could lead to a military confrontation. in recent months iran has been accused of attacking oil tankers and shooting down an american drone. after the drone shoot down president trump ordered a retaliatory strike, but called it off at the last moment. it was also notable that earlier today, iran said it s
announcement with the prime minister of the netherlands. this is the latest of many provocative and hostile actions by iran against vessels operating in international waters. the united states reserves the right to defend our personnel, facilities and interests, calls upon all nations to condemn iran s attempts to disrupt freedom of navigation. but the marines didn t just shoot it down the way iran shutdown the us don t last month but use the new anti-drone jamming device to stop the drone. it is called the light marina defense integrated system with an important mission which was successful, the president put pressure on iran in the form of more sanctions following iran s shooting down that drone last month. this week iran s foreign minister was in new york at the united nations and talked about the escalating tensions with the united states.