evidence this was an iranian drone and claims by the iranian leadership that the u.s. shot down an american drone are far-fetched at best. in fact, a video released by the iranians to prove the u.s. navy did not shoot down its drones appears to be from 2018. marines on board the uss boxer used this state of the art electronic jamming device to bring down the iranian drone, i m told. the device known as a lemattus is causes the electronics on board a plane to jam. the relatively new technology deployed at sea for the first time in january. the uss boxer is an amphibious assault ship with 2,000 marines on board. this all occurred as the american warship entered the strait of hormuz at 10:00 a.m. local time yesterday. the united states reserves the right to defend our personnel, our facilities and
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, our facility, and interests, and calls upon all nations to condemn iran s attempts to disrupt freedom of navigation. the marines didn t just shoot it down the way iran shot down a u.s. drone. today marines used a new anti-drone jamming device, you see it right there, to stop the drone, the light marine air defense integrated system, long name with an important mission, successful. the president put pressure on iran in the form of more sanctions, following iran s shooting down the 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. it is a very dangerous situation.
getting a better deal, and it may just be a while of this kind of thing, of tit for tat, and that is better than a war and letting them have a nuclear weapon. bret: it happened yesterday as we saw the pentagon saying that the iranian drone that was threatening the uss boxer was taken down by an electronic jamming device, a new device that you see on top of that ship, the drums. but the iranian said, no, it did not happen. the issue of the drone is still under investigation. based on the latest information that i have received from tehran, we have so far absolutely no information about losing a drone. it went down, and the fact that the foreign minister did not know or lied about it, i cannot help. it happened. for congress, fantastic and the end, president trump will make clear the decision when he is ready to proceed.
occurred at the american warship transited the busy waterway at 10:00 a.m. local time and used this new anti-drone jamming device that deployed for the first time in january. the united states reserves the right to defend our personnel, our facilities and interests and calls upon all nations to condemn iran s attempts to disrupt freedom of navigation and global commerce. the incident comes hours after iran s revolutionary guard admitted seizing an oil tanker this weekend belonging to the united arab emirates with 12 crew on board accusing the vessel of smuggling. the state department responded iran must seize this illicit activity and release the reportedly seized crew and vessel immediately. at the head of u.s. central command was in the region trying to form a coalition of allied navy vessels to escort oil tankers through the strait of hormuz.
fouch because it is forceful and naughty but it is not meaningful. richard stevens. we apologize. never miss an episode of the five. special report is up next with brett. bret: sometimes these toxins are painful, thanks, jesse. this is a fox news alert, i m bret baier. growing tensions tonight between the u.s. and iran is president trump announced that an american warship has destroyed an iranian drone over the straight of hormuz. he told reporters today that the u.s. s boxer took defensive action when the drone came within a thousand yards of the ship ignoring multiple calls to stand on. it is the latest in what has been weeks of increased tension between the two nations. jennifer griffin starts us off with the breaking news from the pentagon. good evening. good evening, bret. marines onboard the uss boxer used a jamming device to bring down the iranian drone.