Iranian and Russian media have claimed in recent hours that Iran’s air force has managed to deactivate the anti-aircraft system of U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf region, learned BulgarianMilitary.com.

Both sides [Iran and Russia] share photos taken by the cameras of Iranian drones flying over the US Navy, claiming that US ships did not react at all to the drones, which made a free flight over them.

According to the Iranians, one of the drones in question was a Shahed-129, which is generally an attacking unmanned aerial vehicle and has four cruise missiles.

The shared photos on the web really show photos taken by a drone. But no one has yet been able to confirm the authenticity of the photos, as well as the date of shooting, although there is one in the photos. We know from experience that such photos are not always a guarantee of authenticity, especially from the Iranian side.

Military experts at BulgarianMilitary.com analyzed the submitted photos and said that they showed that the drones were several kilometers high, flew along the entire length of U.S. warships, and used a high-quality camera and surveillance components. Due to the quality of the photos, they (the experts) said that they could only confirm this, and not whether they were authentic, because in the editorial office we do not have the original photos…

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