The US dismissed the claim that an advanced drone was seized, labeling the assertion 'clearly desperate.' This is the second US underwater vehicle Iran has reported taking in three weeks, following an Anduril Dive-LD recovered on September 8. While Washington stated the Dive-LD had malfunctioned, the IRGC asserts that the REMUS 600 was seized during a coordinated electronic-warfare operation and remains fully available for reverse engineering.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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Iran Releases Video of Second Captured US Drone in 3 Weeks
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Iranian state media published footage of a REMUS 600 autonomous underwater vehicle that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it captured intact in the Persian Gulf. The IRGC claims its specialists are now extracting sensitive mission routes, sonar data, search algorithms, and navigation settings from the device, which the US Navy uses for mine countermeasures and mapping. The military designation for the vessel is the Mk 18 Mod 2 Kingfish.
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