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The IRGC has captured a new high-tech US underwater drone in less than a month, as Washington continues its bid to open the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran closed after the U.S. and Israel attacked the country in February
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00:02The U.S. military's most secretive and sophisticated underwater drones are being
00:08hunted down and captured by Iranian forces in the Hormuz Strait. On Sunday, the IRGC Navy announced
00:16it had captured a high-tech American underwater drone for the second time in less than a month.
00:23A video published by the military unit shows the drone as a Remus 600, one of the most advanced
00:31underwater drones in the U.S. Navy's arsenal. It was in a secret spying mission when the IRGC tracked it,
00:40took control of it using electronic methods, and seized it without destroying it.
00:46Earlier in the month, Iran seized another U.S. underwater drone called Dive-LD,
00:51which the U.S. had called one of its most advanced. The IRGC used electronic tricks to take it safely
00:59ashore, and when the U.S. sent a Reaper drone to find it, it shut that drone down. The latest
01:06capture,
01:06together with a breaking report from U.S. media, shows Iran is ramping up its fight at the Strait
01:13of Hormuz, which it closed down after the U.S.-Israeli aggression began seven months ago.
01:20According to NBC News, eight U.S. Marines were injured two weeks ago when an Iranian cruise
01:26missile hit an American missile in the region. Iran had previously said that some of its attacks
01:33against American warships and missiles had hit their targets, but the Pentagon denied the claims.
01:40of hope, coming in to big his face.

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