Posted on 09/10/2026 8:54:11 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
The U.S. Navy has lost an advanced uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV), and it is now in Iranian hands. Here’s what we know about the Dive-LD drone and its apparent seizure, and its implications.
Authorities in Iran said earlier today that they had retrieved a U.S. Dive-LD uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV) largely intact near the Strait of Hormuz. The regime in Tehran subsequently released pictures and video clips of the UUV being lifted out of the water, seen at various points below. This looks to be the first known instance of an operational deployment of the Dive-LD. This is still a relatively new capability for the U.S. Navy that only began entering service a little more than a year and a half ago. American officials have previously confirmed the use of UUVs, in general, to help keep the Strait of Hormuz free of Iranian naval mines, one of many threats that have dramatically slowed maritime traffic through this critical waterway.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) “captured one of the most modern, unmanned, and smart submarines … at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz in a complex intelligence and operational action at dawn today,” according to a statement shared earlier today via Iranian state media. The exact circumstances surrounding the seizure remain unconfirmed.
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The drone is made with off-the-shelf parts. The controller is tamper monitored for chip erase. What are they going to learn? Iran & China already know how to make these.
No. It is made with off-the-shelf parts and the CPU is tamper proof. What will they learn.
Self-destruct charges are dangerous to the owner/operators and add unneeded weight.
I hope they are tracking it...
According to CNBC Business News...
China is now refining imported oil at their pre-Iran/USA war rate.
For the last six months, China drew down stored reserves, which are now just about exhausted.
If true - that means global demand has gone up at least 2 million barrels a day.
It has a Samsung SmartTag hidden in the bottom so the sub can be found again if it is stolen.
Whew!
Thank you for providing that meaningless distinction.
When you try to polish these turd statements from the White House, do you make sure you pick it up from the clean end?
Apparenly no destruct button to destroy it. Major problem.
Sad it took 7 posts to see this.
It’s amazing how many people on this forum read a headline like that, reported by the iranians no less and believe it without question.
Apparently it’s true but I sure wasn’t going to go by this source.
Hopefully it has a few Apple tags hidden in it...
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Or that spy plane GWB had to apologize for that landed in China?
I blame Francis Gary Powers.
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