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Originally Posted by Catfish
1. Was the drone over iranian territory?
2. How does international law regulate such incidents - allowed to shoot down foreign military devices over own territory?
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Apparently it was over ADIZ. Countries tend to maintain the right to engage threatening objects (ie those without working transponders) over their ADIZ. Which is why in certain regions of the world (ie near to Baltics, in Ukraine etc) USAF flies their drones with transponders on.
Yes, if it is over your own territory legally speaking you can do whatever you want with it, in fact the violation of the airspace can be claimed as an act of agression by the other party. This is why the moment USSR had proven the capability to shoot down US spy aircraft those flights stoped.