What we know about US sea drone used in helicopter crew rescue mission
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BBC Verify examines what we know about the drone boat and how the mission took place.
The US Navy's Corsair unmanned surface vessel rescued two US Army pilots after their Apache helicopter was shot down in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Oman, marking the first use of such a vessel for personnel rescue at sea.
The US Navy utilized a 7.3-meter autonomous sea drone, the Saronic Corsair, to rescue two crew members from an Apache helicopter downed near the Strait of Hormuz, marking the first such rescue operation by a drone boat.
A US Navy drone boat, the Corsair, rescued two US Army pilots from waters near the Strait of Hormuz after their Apache helicopter went down, marking the first known use of a drone for such a rescue mission at sea.
A US Navy drone boat, the Corsair, rescued the crew of an Army helicopter downed near the Strait of Hormuz, marking an apparent first for the US military in using an unmanned vessel for such a rescue operation at sea.
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