Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has announced the seizure of one of the most modern, unmanned, and smart submarines in the possession of the US military.

Unsurprisingly, the Pentagon downplayed the incident, saying the cutting edge which entered service only months ago was ‘an old drone without any sensitive equipment.’

On Tuesday, the IRGC published a video of what it claimed was the advanced US undersea drone, which could perform a wide range of tasks, from seabed mapping to intelligence and surveillance operations, pipeline inspection, and anti-submarine warfare support.

Humiliation

The footage shows a grey, metallic, torpedo-like cylindrical vessel around 5.8 meters long and 1.2 meters wide, weighing around 2.7 tons.

The undersea vessel can spend up to 10 days underwater and reach a maximum depth of 6,000 meters, according to the IRGC statement.

The Iranian military identified it as a Dive-LD drone developed by US defense contractor Anduril Industries that entered service in April 2025.

US Central Command (CENTCOM) sought to downplay the incident, claiming Iran obtained a malfunctioning older-model drone that did not carry any sensitive equipment.

Lame Excuses

The undersea vessel was surveilling regional waters and neither collected sensitive data nor carried any classified sonar or radar equipment, US Navy Captain Tim Hawkins, a CENTCOM spokesman, said in a statement.

The incident comes amid yet another escalation between the US and Iran. Late Tuesday, Iran launched ballistic missiles toward US military bases in the Middle East in retaliation for an earlier US attack on Iranian oil tankers near Kharg Island.

The IRGC also issued an urgent warning Tuesday, telling tanker crews around the docks and anchorages of Bahrain and Kuwait to leave their vessels immediately ahead of potential attacks. Let readers know what you think

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