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As it happened
Note the text below may not be verbatim, see the transcript for verbatim quotes.
And he’s back …
Q: Was the aircraft that shot it down a manned aircraft?
Dillon: It was shot down by a manned US aircraft.
Dillon: We use the deconfliction line every single day, we used the deconfliction line today.
Q: Had you seen the drone in the area before?
Dillon: Not to my knowledge …
[Dillon’s feed cuts, returns, cuts again]
Dillon: We use the deconfliction line every single day, we used the deconfliction line today.
Q: Had you seen the drone in the area before?
Dillon: Not to my knowledge …
[Dillon’s feed cuts, returns, cuts again]
Dillon: We are conducting assessment to determine who did fire
Dillon: We are assessing and identifying who and where this drone came from