The Iranian Revolutionary Guard reported this Sunday the interception of a second unmanned submarine belonging to the United States Army in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz. The announcement comes amid the conflict arising from the offensive launched on February 28 by the United States and Israel against the Asian country. Washington, for its part, has denied that such a capture has occurred.
According to the statement released by the Iranian forces, the device, a Remus 600, was captured "in a coordinated and complex operation of Intelligence and electronic warfare," emphasizing that the submarine "was operated by the U.S. terrorist army for espionage activities in the Strait of Hormuz."
The Revolutionary Guard has added that this "advanced" unmanned submarine is already under the custody of its "specialists," who will try to extract all the information stored in the device, as reported by Iranian public television, IRIB.
In the same note, the Iranian naval force emphasized: "The Navy of the Revolutionary Guard firmly declares that the Strait of Hormuz is closed and that we are taking strong and relentless measures against dangerous movements and unauthorized traffic through it."
On Tuesday, the spokesman for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Hosein Mohebi, had already indicated that the body would initiate "reverse engineering" work on another unmanned U.S. submarine captured earlier in the same area, and stated that the conflict "has demonstrated that the most advanced U.S. technologies in the military and defense industry are now under Iran's control."
According to the Iranian version, the submarine incorporates the "most advanced technology in the field of submarines," was incorporated into the U.S. Army fleet "in 2025," measures about 5.8 meters in length, and weighs around three tons. The manufacturer of this model of autonomous submarine type Dive-LD, the company Anduril, designed it to independently carry out long-duration missions in deep waters.
Hours after the announcement, the spokesman for the U.S. Central Command, Tim Hawkins, rejected Tehran's claims, which he linked to the "evidently desperate" situation the country is going through. "We maintain operational control of all our drones," he stated to the Al Jazeera network.