How U.S. Navy Linked Tanker Attack To Iranian UAV

Credit: NAVCENT Public Affairs
The U.S. Navy has linked a Nov. 15 UAV attack on a Liberian-flagged tanker in the northern Arabian Sea to Iran by collecting evidence of the UAV aboard the ship, identifying it as a Shahed-136. Photographs of the UAV, released by the U.S. Navy on Nov. 22, show Western-made parts that are used by...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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