Strait of Hormuz, Trump and US Army helicopter
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The drone that picked up the downed helicopter crew was a Corsair made by Texas-based Saronic Technologies.
The sea drone - a 24-foot Saronic Corsair autonomous surface vessel - is reportedly powered by artificial intelligence (AI).
A barrage of Iranian and Israeli missile strikes shattered a fragile ceasefire, prompting Israel to issue an urgent evacuation order for Tyre, an ancient Lebanese city.
“U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces began launching self-defense strikes against Iran at 5 p.m. ET today at the Commander in Chief’s direction, in response to yesterday’s downing of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter. The mission is a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression,” CENTCOM wrote in a post on X.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that both Israel and Iran are looking to "do an immediate ceasefire", and that final negotiations on "peace" are proceeding. "Both sides, Israel and Iran,
President Trump said a deal with Iran could be signed in “two or three days.” Speaking with reporters in New York, he also said the pilots were unharmed after a military helicopter crash in the Strait of Hormuz.