Cheap Iranian drone downed $25 million US Army helicopter—maybe by chance
Close encounters of the unusual kind
The US military struck Iran again after an Iranian drone’s lucky midair strike.
AH-64 Apache helicopters fly above the Strait of Hormuz during a patrol, April 17. Credit: US Central Command
A US Army helicopter gunship was apparently struck by an Iranian Shahed drone before going down near the Strait of Hormuz—but it’s unclear whether the one-way attack drone was deliberately aimed or achieved more of a lucky accidental strike.
Axios correspondent Barak Ravid first reported an unnamed US government official’s comments that an Iranian drone had hit the US Army AH-64 Apache helicopter before the latter went down on June 8. The New York Times later confirmed that reporting through more anonymous US officials, including one official who said US military investigators were still evaluating whether the Iranian drone strike on the helicopter was intentional or accidental.
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