US Jet Shoots Down Iranian Drone Near Carrier in Arabian Sea (2)

The US Navy shot down an Iranian drone headed toward a US aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea, spooking oil markets amid heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran.

A US F-35C warplane shot down the drone in self-defense as the unmanned aircraft “aggressively approached” the USS Abraham Lincoln with “unclear intent,” US Central Command said in a statement on Tuesday. No American service members were harmed and no US equipment was damaged, CentCom said.

Oil prices spiked to a session-high on the report as investors weighed the risk of a broader escalation in the Middle East, which provides about a ...