Column: War With Iran Might Be More Costly Than Trump Thinks

When Iranian state television broadcast images of the destroyed U.S. spy drone it shot down over the strait of Hormuz it served two purposes.

One was intended to prove the RQ-4 Global Hawk had illegally entered Iranian airspace, contradicting U.S. claims the $170 million unmanned aircraft had been flying in international airspace. The other was to display Iran's impressive anti-aircraft capabilities.

The RQ-4 Global Hawk is one of the U.S.’s most sophisticated intelligence-gathering devices.

When Iranian state television broadcast images of the destroyed U.S. spy drone it shot down over the strait of Hormuz it served two purposes. One was intended to prove the RQ-4 Global Hawk had illegally entered Iranian airspace, contradicting U.S. claims the $170 million unmanned aircraft had been flying in international airspace. The other was to display Iran's impressive anti-aircraft capabilities. The RQ-4 Global Hawk is one of the U.S.’s most sophisticated intelligence-gathering devices.