Iran seized two U.S. reconnaissance ships and removed classified parts!
On September 3, Alarabiya reported that a U.S. official said that iran had seized two Saildrone Explorer unmanned reconnaissance vessels from the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet in the Red Sea, and although it returned the two unmanned reconnaissance vessels on Friday, the reconnaissance vessels were missing their cameras.
Saildrone Explorer unmanned reconnaissance is 23 feet long, operates on wind and solar energy, and is equipped with advanced cameras, radar and sensors. The U.S. official said that if the radar or camera carried by the unmanned reconnaissance ship remained in the hands of the Iranians, they could carefully examine and then speculate about the surveillance capabilities of the unmanned reconnaissance ship.
In addition, Iran's seizure of these two ships can also imitate the relevant equipment. For example, in 2011, Iran captured an advanced UAV in the United States and later successfully copied the relevant UAV.
Currently, the U.S. Navy's Task Force 59 is deploying advanced air and maritime surveillance and sensor networks in the Middle East to use artificial intelligence to monitor Iran's maritime activities and potential navigational threats.
Recently, there have been two cat and mouse incidents between the US military and Iran. On Tuesday, Iran briefly seized a U.S. unmanned reconnaissance vessel in the Persian Gulf, and on Thursday it seized two U.S. unmanned reconnaissance vessels in the Red Sea.
