Another Catch in Hormuz: Iran Captures a U.S. REMUS 600 Underwater Drone, Raising Mine-Warfare Stakes. Photos and Video Posted
/From [HERE] and [HERE] Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy said that it had seized a U.S. REMUS 600 underwater drone in the Strait of Hormuz, raising fresh questions about undersea surveillance and mine warfare in a waterway central to global energy shipments.
The announcement follows Iran’s September 8 claim that it captured an Anduril Dive-LD near the strait’s entrance, making the REMUS incident potentially the second loss of an American underwater vehicle there within three weeks if its identity and circumstances are confirmed.
The IRGC Navy said the REMUS 600 was conducting surveillance and had been intercepted through an operation involving intelligence and electronic warfare, but the available account does not establish whether electronic interference caused its loss or merely accompanied its recovery.
Iranian specialists are examining the vehicle for mission logs, recorded routes, sonar readings and navigation settings, according to the IRGC, making the possible intelligence value dependent on what equipment was aboard, what data remained stored and whether its protections survived capture.
The IRGC released images and footage showing a white cylindrical vehicle with visible markings and sensors, although imagery of an object in Iranian custody cannot independently establish its mission, ownership, exact configuration or the sequence of events that brought it to the surface. [MORE]
