[elpadre]

I thought the drones fly out of a land base in North Africa?

[Pecos]

The U.S. Navy reports that it has lost no UAVs. So? They don’t own them all, you know. If I were a certain three-letter agency, would I miss-mark them? In a heart beat. I might even mark them as belonging to a third-party country if I really wanted to stir things up.

[Tommyjo]

UAVs will fly out of friendly nations surrounding Iran. For example the RQ-170 was known to operate out of Afghanistan. The ScanEagles used by the US Navy like the one in Iranian possession will operate from ships.

Boeing ScanEagle UAV Completes Sea Trials Aboard U.S. Navy Ship