President Donald Trump said on Nov. 6 that the U.S. military carried out limited strikes targeting Iran’s “anti-aircraft device” after Iranian state media reported attacks near Qeshm Island.
“We do minor strikes, but they knocked out. They built a little bit of an anti-aircraft device, and we knocked it out in about 15 minutes, maybe five,” Trump told reporters.
Iranian state news agency IRNA earlier reported that two missiles struck the Suza area of Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, though no further details were provided. The agency also reported on Nov. 7 that an MQ-9 drone had been shot down over the island, which Tehran claimed belonged to the U.S. military. …