Iran’s military says its naval air defence systems have shot down a US-made LUCAS unmanned drone in the country’s south. The Iranian armed forces state that the “low-cost uncrewed combat attack system” was intercepted and destroyed. Iran’s state news agency, IRNA, publishes a photograph that it describes as showing the damaged drone.
The reports identify the LUCAS drone as the US version of the one-way attack drone associated with Shahed. Middle East Eye notes that it could not independently verify Iran’s claim or the authenticity of the reported wreckage image.
Across the two accounts, the central points are that Iran presents the incident as a successful interception, that the drone is described as US-made LUCAS, and that IRNA released an image purportedly showing damage consistent with a shoot-down. No information is provided by the sources about the drone’s mission, flight path, or any response from the United States.
