Ted Cruz: “An armed Iranian shahed drone struck a U.S. apache…”

“If you're trying to say resupply soldiers that are at a forward combat position, they can resupply them. So this is all coming out of Austin, Texas. It's amazing technology. And what precipitated it is that earlier today An armed Iranian shahed drone struck a U.S. apache helicopter and it went down in the sea off the coast of Oman. On Monday, U.S. central Command reported that the helicopter was on patrol when it was struck by the drone. But the two pilots who were aboard the Apache helicopter were safely rescued within about two hours of the strike.” (04:36–04:46)

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