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Iran Captures U.S. Underwater Drone Near Strait of Hormuz

9/9/2026

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IRGC Seizes Drone

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized a U.S. unmanned underwater drone near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday.
The incident highlights the war’s growing human cost—18 U.S. service members and about 8,000 Iranian and Lebanese deaths—and a $37 billion expense.
Iranian state media identified the vehicle as an Anduril Dive-LD, a $2.5 million, 6,000-metre-depth autonomous system.
U.S. Navy said the Dive-LD was a defective model that malfunctioned and lacked classified sensors.

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IRGC Captures Drone

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps captured a U.S. underwater drone near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday.
The IRGC portrayed the capture as a sophisticated intelligence strike, labeled the drone a terrorist American submarine, and warned tanker crews in Bahrain and Kuwait to evacuate.
Pentagon said the older Dive-LD drone malfunctioned a day earlier, carried no classified sensors, and was described by Anduril as an attritable system for hazardous missions.

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IRGC Captures Drone

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced Tuesday it captured a U.S. unmanned underwater drone near the Strait of Hormuz.
U.S. Navy Capt. Tim Hawkins said the drone was surveying regional waters in support of ongoing U.S. operations.
U.S. Central Command called it an older-model Anduril Dive-LD with no classified sensors.
Iran’s Fars news agency posted videos showing the drone out of the water after capture.

Blindspot

The war has killed 18 U.S. service members and an estimated 8,000 people in Iran and Lebanon, according to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Within this story's sources, this angle appears mainly in Left-leaning coverage and receives less attention in Center-leaning and Right-leaning coverage.

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IRGC Seizes Drone

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized a U.S. unmanned underwater drone near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday.
The incident highlights the war’s growing human cost—18 U.S. service members and about 8,000 Iranian and Lebanese deaths—and a $37 billion expense.
Iranian state media identified the vehicle as an Anduril Dive-LD, a $2.5 million, 6,000-metre-depth autonomous system.
U.S. Navy said the Dive-LD was a defective model that malfunctioned and lacked classified sensors.

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