🚨 BREAKING: US F‑35C Shoots Down Iranian Drone — Arabian Sea Incident Escalates Tensions A U.S. Navy F‑35C, launched from the USS Abraham Lincoln, has shot down an Iranian Shahed‑139 drone over the Arabian Sea, roughly 500 miles off Iran’s coast, according to CENTCOM. The drone approached the carrier aggressively. No U.S. injuries or damage reported. Just hours later, IRGC fast boats and a Mohajer UAV threatened the U.S.-flagged tanker Stena Imperative in the Strait of Hormuz. The USS McFaul an