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Russian pilots have been menacing US pilots and unmanned drones for years. And they’ve been doing so with reckless abandon and impunity. So this comes as no surprise: Russia downs US drone The Kremlin said it would try to retrieve the wreckage of the surveillance drone, which the Biden administration said was crashed in international… Read more.
President Trump approved military strikes against Iran in retaliation for downing an American surveillance drone, but pulled back from launching them on Thursday night after a day of escalating tensions. As late as 7 p.m., military and diplomatic officials were expecting a strike, after intense discussions and debate at the White House among the president’s… Read more.
The U.S. and Iran edged closer to a military confrontation on Thursday as Iranian forces shot down an American reconnaissance drone and President Trump charged that Tehran had made ‘a very big mistake.’ As the hours went by, each side refrained from additional escalatory steps, and Mr. Trump later appeared to defuse the crisis by… Read more.
