US rejects Iran's claim of capturing underwater drone, calls move 'desperate'

Earlier today, IRGC said it had captured a second advanced US unmanned underwater vehicle, the Remus 600, in the Strait of Hormuz (Photo: Reuters). The US military has rejected claims by Iran's Revolutionary Guard that it seized an advanced American underwater vehicle carrying out surveillance in the Strait of Hormuz.US Centcom spokesman captain Tim Hawkins told Al Jazeera that the US retains "positive control of all of our operational drone assets," dismissing the IRGC's claim as "clearly desperate."Earlier today, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had captured a second advanced US unmanned underwater vehicle, the Remus 600, in the Strait of Hormuz.The IRGC said the operation had been carried out through a "coordinated and complex operation" involving military intelligence and electronic warfare capabilities."With the help of God Almighty, the IRGC navy soldiers, through a coordinated and complex operation with intelligence and electronic warfare, were able to trap an advanced UAV of the American terrorist army that was operating in the Strait of Hormuz for the purpose of espionage," the statement read.Iranian officials alleged that the underwater drone had be...