Iran threatened to shoot missiles at US navy planes

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Iran threatened to shoot missiles at US navy planes

AFP, Washington Tuesday, 13 September 2016

The Iranian military threatened to shoot down two US Navy planes flying over the Strait of Hormuz, a defense official told AFP on Tuesday, the latest in a string of encounters with Tehran.

Two “maritime patrol aircraft” were flying separate missions in a similar area in international air space earlier this month when they received three radio calls from Iranian air defense.

“They were threatening to shoot at us, to shoot us down, or fire missiles at us,” the defense official said, speaking on condition of anonymity ahead of a formal announcement.

According to Fox News, which first reported the encounter, the US planes ignored the warning and continued on their mission.

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