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原文：

A US aircraft carrier shot down an Iranian drone that "aggressively approached" the ship in the Arabian Sea on Tuesday hours before two gunboats operated by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps approached a US-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz and threatened to board and seize the ship.

The two incidents occurred days before US and Iranian officials are due to meet Friday for diplomatic negotiations meant to avert a military clash.

In the first incident on Tuesday, US forces shot down an Iranian drone "as the unmanned aircraft aggressively approached" the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, which was transiting the Arabian Sea about 500 miles from Iran’s southern coast, said Capt.

"The Iranian drone continued to fly toward the ship despite de-escalatory measures taken by US forces operating in international waters," Hawkins said. An F-35C fighter jet from the Lincoln shot down the drone to protect the carrier and its personnel.

"No American service members were harmed during the incident, and no U.S. equipment was damaged," Hawkins said.

中譯：

美國1艘航空母艦週二在阿拉伯海擊落1架「具侵略性接近」該艦的伊朗無人機；數小時後，伊朗伊斯蘭革命衛隊操作的2艘砲艇在荷莫茲海峽接近1艘懸掛美國國旗的油輪，並威脅登船扣押該船。

這兩起事件發生在美國與伊朗官員預計於週五會面、展開避免軍事衝突的外交談判前數日。

美國中央司令部發言人霍金斯上校表示，在週二的第一起事件中，美軍擊落1架伊朗無人機，當時，這架無人機「在阿拉伯海對航行中的『林肯號』航空母艦進行具侵略性的接近」。

霍金斯說：「儘管美軍在國際水域採取降低衝突措施，這架伊朗無人機仍持續朝軍艦靠近。」為保護航艦及其人員，「林肯號」上1架F-35C戰鬥機將該無人機擊落。

霍金斯表示：「事件中沒有任何美國軍人受傷，美方裝備也未遭到損壞。」

-關鍵軍語-

※de-escalatory：降低衝突

※international waters：國際水域