# What Iran could gain from the captured US underwater drone

https://mins.news/en/video/52564

- Reuters, 2026-09-10 07:25 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X627hZxgIik

> A captured US underwater drone could give Iran a diplomatic advantage and an opportunity to examine American military technology, according to Kevin Rowlands, a journal editor at the Royal United Services Institute.

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