Reported claim

“Iran has demonstrated effective air-defense capability by successfully shooting down approximately 30 U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drones, establishing that advanced U.S. uncrewed systems are vulnerable to Iranian countermeasures.”

Strengthened after Responsible Statecraft reported it.

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