Drone downed near USS Lincoln as U.S.-Iran tensions flare
U.S. forces shot down a Shahed-139 Iranian drone that approached the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, with an F-35C taking it out and no injuries or damage reported. The incident added to regional tensions as Washington has deployed more forces and assets nearby, following Iranian harassment of a U.S.-flagged tanker and amid ongoing, narrower-format negotiations over a nuclear deal.