Daily Mail News
By ROSS IBBETSON, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Published: 12:40 EST, 3 February 2026 | Updated: 13:53 EST, 3 February 2026
The US military has shot down an Iranian drone that approached the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea.
The Iranian Shahed-139 aircraft was flying towards the carrier and was shot down by a F-35 US fighter jet, an American official confirmed on Tuesday.
A US Central Command spokesman said the drone ‘aggressively approached’ the Abraham Lincoln ‘with unclear intent.’
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