(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/121108-drone-hmed12p.photoblog600.jpg)Joel Saget / AFP - Getty Images fileA Predator drone passed over at a U.S. base near Kandahar, Afghanistan.By Courtney Kube, NBC NewsTwo Iranian jets fired on a U.S. military drone, Pentagon officials said Thursday — the first time such an action has been acknowledged by the United States.
Follow @NBCNewsUS (http://twitter.com/NBCNewsUS)At 4:50 a.m. EDT on Nov. 1, an Iranian SU-25 Frog Foot jet fired on a U.S. MQ-1 Predator drone that was conducting routine surveillance in international waters over the Arabian Gulf, Pentagon spokesman George Little said. The unarmed Predator was approximately 16 nautical miles off the Iranian coast when the Iranian jet began firing and was never in Iranian airspace, he said.
But a senior defense official said two Iranian ground-attack jets were involved in the incident. The jets circled the Predator several times, firing 30-millimeter cannons at the unarmed drone.
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