Sea drone rescues US army helicopter crew near Strait of Hormuz

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Two US Army helicopter crew members were rescued by an uncrewed surface drone near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday after their AH-64 Apache crashed, marking the first such operation by US forces. The incident is under investigation, with the cause of the crash currently unclear, though officials confirmed the rescued soldiers are in stable condition.

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The uncrewed vessel - which looks similar to a speedboat - rescued the two soldiers from an Apache helicopter that went down on Monday.

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