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Enemy drone was mistaken for a U.S. drone

U.S. forces may have mistaken an enemy drone for an American one and let it pass unchallenged into a desert base in Jordan where it killed three U.S. troops and wounded dozens more, officials said Monday.

By Jacquelyn Martin/AP, courtesy Planet Labs PBC, Shawn Sanders and LPhot Chris Sellars/Royal Navy

Jan. 29, 2024

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U.S. forces may have mistaken an enemy drone for an American one and let it pass unchallenged into a desert base in Jordan where it killed three U.S. troops and wounded dozens more, officials said Monday.
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PLANET LABS PBC VIA AP

A satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows a military base known as Tower 22 in northeastern Jordan on Monday, Jan. 29. A satellite image taken Monday of the Jordanian base targeted by a bomb-carrying drone that killed three U.S. soldiers appears to show damage at the site. The damage can be seen in the center left of the photo.
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SHAWN SANDERS VIA AP

This undated image provided by Shawn Sanders shows Army Spc. Kennedy Sanders, right, posing for a selfie with her mother, Oneida Oliver-Sanders, at a ceremony in Columbus, Ga., on Aug. 9, 2023. The 24-year-old Army reservist's parents confirmed she was among three U.S. service members killed Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, by a drone strike at their base in Jordan near the border with Syria. Sanders of Waycross, Georgia, joined the Army Reserve five years ago, her parents said, and was taking college courses to become an X-ray technician.
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SHAWN SANDERS VIA AP

This undated image provided by Shawn Sanders shows Spc. Kennedy Sanders, a 24-year-old Army Reserve soldier from Waycross, Ga. Sanders' parents confirmed she was among three U.S. service members killed Sunday, Jan. 28, by a drone strike at their base in Jordan near the border with Syria. Sanders joined the Army Reserve five years ago, her parents said, and was taking college courses to become an X-ray technician.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS

President Biden bows his head in a moment of silence for the three American troops killed Sunday, Jan. 28, in a drone strike in northeast Jordan, while speaking at the "Sunday Lunch" event at the Brookland Baptist Banquet Center, part of the Brookland Baptist Church, in West Columbia, S.C., on Sunday, Jan. 28.
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PLANET LABS PBC VIA AP

This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows a military base known as Tower 22 in northeastern Jordan, on Oct. 12, 2023. Three American troops were killed and "many" were wounded Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, in a drone strike in northeast Jordan near the Syrian border, President Joe Biden said. He blamed Iran-backed militia groups for the first U.S. fatalities after months of strikes against American forces across the Middle East amid the Israel-Hamas war. U.S. officials identified Tower 22 as the site of the attack.
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ROYAL NAVY VIA AP

In this photo provided by the Royal Navy a view of HMS Diamond from the ships bridge, firing Sea Viper missiles at an incoming Houthi drone, on the Red Sea, Saturday, Jan. 27. The United Kingdom's Defense Ministry acknowledged on Sunday, one of its warships shot down a drone launched by the Houthi rebels from Yemen. The HMS Diamond shot down the drone with its Sea Viper missile system in the Red Sea, causing no damage or injuries, it said.

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