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Sep 24, 2026
speaker_1HOST
Those claims have been contested.
speaker_1HOST
Last week, American officials speaking anonymously told CBS that Iranian forces had brought down at least two MQ-1 drones, though the command declined to comment, and the location and variant were unclear.
speaker_1HOST
The tracker said the five Iranian claims between September fourteenth and twenty-first remained without imagery, wreckage, or an official American statement.
speaker_1HOST
Separately, a Congressional budget office report released last week put losses of MQ-9 Reaper drones since the war began at no fewer than twenty-four, worth roughly seven hundred and twenty million dollars.
speaker_1HOST
Ford looks at Six and claims that he is the vanguard forward observer for a CIA drone strike force.
LernerHOST
He tells them that right now, MQ-1 Predator drones are circling at 20,000 feet painting the camp with lasers.
LernerHOST
He says in exactly two hours, Hellfire missiles will flatten the entire valley.
speaker_1HOST
Ford is holding a pair of twos, acting like he has a royal flush.
Jordy MeiselasHOST
That's so funny.
Ben MeiselasHOST
But then you contrast it to the footage that Iran is releasing, and, like, Iran released actual footage of them shooting down yet another MQ-1 drone.
Ben MeiselasHOST
I mean, they shot another MQ-1 drone down.
Ben MeiselasHOST
It seems like every day they shoot another MQ-1 drone down.
Ben MeiselasHOST
Two tankers were struck by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz today.
Ben MeiselasHOST
There was a, uh, liquefi- an LPG tanker, and then there was an oil tanker that was hit by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz.
Ben MeiselasHOST
But then you contrast it to the footage that Iran is releasing.
Ben MeiselasHOST
And like Iran released actual footage of them shooting down yet another MQ-1 drone.
Ben MeiselasHOST
I mean, they shot another MQ-1 drone down.
Ben MeiselasHOST
It seems like every day they shoot another MQ-1 drone down.
Ben MeiselasHOST
Two tankers were struck by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz today.
Ben MeiselasHOST
There was an LPG tanker and then there was an oil tanker that was hit by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz.
Sharmine NarwaniHOST
Yeah.
Sharmine NarwaniHOST
So now the Americans have introduced the MQ-1 drone.
Sharmine NarwaniHOST
All right.
Sharmine NarwaniHOST
To sort of replace the MQ-9 models.
Dave DeCampHOST
And according to the U.K.'s maritime trade operations, two ships... commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz were hit by projectiles on Monday.
Dave DeCampHOST
And the IRGC also announced that its forces shot down another US MQ-1 drone over the Strait of Hormuz.
Dave DeCampHOST
So the next one here, the US threatens to ground Iranian airlines worldwide.
Dave DeCampHOST
So this article is from Al Jazeera.
Kyle KulinskiHOST
But their idea of law and order allows them to loot and pillage and rape and mass murder and commit genocide and do every horrible thing you could ever think of.
Kyle KulinskiHOST
The IRGC announced that it has shot down another American MQ-1 drone over the Strait of Hormuz.
Kyle KulinskiHOST
The MQ-9 fleet has been significantly reduced.
Kyle KulinskiHOST
The United States now uses the MQ-1, which is an older model.
Kyle KulinskiHOST
It is widely used in escort operations in the Strait of Hormuz.
Kyle KulinskiHOST
So Iran is consistently knocking down U.S. aircraft.
Jose GalisonHOST
United Kingdom Merited Trade Operations said that two ships have been struck on Monday either by an unknown projectile or debris from one in the Strait of Hormuz, according to France 24.
Jose GalisonHOST
The IRGC also announced on Monday that forces shot down another US MQ-1 drone over the strait, which it is crazy how often these are just like kind of regular stories now, these drones going down, whereas it, you know, kind of really not too long ago that it was astounding whenever these got taken down, and it was the Houthis, funny enough, that kind of started off that trend fairly recently, started picking those things off.
Jose GalisonHOST
But yeah, multi-million dollar drones right there.
Jose GalisonHOST
So let's check in on our greatest allies, where many more of our millions and billions and trillions go over to see what they're doing with that money.
Ben MeiselasHOST
This morning, two tankers have been hit by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, one oil tanker, one LPG tanker.
Ben MeiselasHOST
Also, the IRGC released video footage moments ago of how it just struck down another MQ-1 drone belonging to the United States flying over the Strait of Hormuz.
Ben MeiselasHOST
You have the IRGC spokesperson delivering this warning right here that they are still capable of expanding the war geographically.
Ben MeiselasHOST
There is room to expand, IRGC spokesperson Mohabi explains.
speaker_2HOST
Central Command has addressed none of those claims.
speaker_2HOST
On Thursday, CBS News reported, citing anonymous American officials, that Iranian forces had brought down at least two American MQ-1 drones in recent days.
speaker_2HOST
That is a different aircraft from the one Iran claimed, and Central Command declined to comment.
speaker_2HOST
A Congressional Budget Office report released this week counted at least 24 MQ-9 Reapers lost since the war began at a cost of roughly $720 million, along with one MQ-4C Triton.
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