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U.S. Reportedly Confused Enemy Drone for Its Own in Deadly Ambush

The military failed to intercept a drone attack in Jordan because it may have mistook an enemy drone for an American one returning to the base, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Satellite view of U.S. military outpost known as Tower 22 in Jordan

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By Shannon Vavra

The U.S. military failed to intercept a deadly drone attack on a logistics support base because it may have confused an enemy drone attack with a U.S. drone returning to base, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The attack killed three troops, according to U.S. Central Command. The attack, which President Joe Biden has said was launched by an Iran-backed militia, comes after months of Iranian proxy-led attacks against U.S. targets in Iraq and Syria. The attack is the first known attack to have killed American troops in the Middle East since the Israel-Hamas war broke out.

Read it at The Wall Street Journal

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