US Navy Shoots Down Iranian Drone Near Strait of Hormuz, Trump Says

President Donald Trump (C) talks with journalists during a cabinet meeting with (L-R) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, acting Defense Secretary Richard Spencer, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and others at the White House on July 16, 2019. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

President Donald Trump announced the U.S. Navy shot down an Iranian drone near the Strait of Hormuz, amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington.

“The Boxer took defensive action against an Iranian drone, which had closed into a near distance, approximately 1,000 yards,” Trump said July 18 about the incident in the strait that lies between the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf.