War Added 1d ago · originally reported 3d ago 7 outlets

Iran captures US unmanned underwater drone in Strait of Hormuz

Iran's IRGC announced it captured a US Dive-LD unmanned underwater vehicle near the Strait of Hormuz on September 9, 2026, describing it as a complex intelligence operation. The US military said the drone had malfunctioned more than a day earlier, was an older model, and carried no classified equipment. The manufacturer, Anduril Industries, confirmed the loss but described the vessel as attritable by design.

Divergence score

7 outlets covered it, splitting into 7 framing camps across 4 bias groups.

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4 bias groups

The spectrum · how 7 outlets placed this story

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Al Jazeera

Jerusalem Post

The Guardian

South China Morning Post

Bloomberg

Reuters

NY Post

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Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first

Furthest apart on this story

The Guardian

Iran claims to have seized American drone US says had 'malfunctioned'

claims vs US dismissal amid broader war · neutral

South China Morning Post

Iran likely to reverse-engineer captured US underwater drone

reverse-engineering and propaganda setback · negative

How The Guardian and South China Morning Post compare across every story →

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Bloombergfirst
The Guardian+24 min
Jerusalem Post+6.5 h
NY Post+7.9 h
Al Jazeera+14.9 h
Reuters+19.1 h
South China Morning Post+27.4 h

By each outlet's earliest publish time in this story. Feeds that index slowly can appear later than they printed.

The split, in one line

Iranian state media frames the capture as complex intelligence mastermind operation; the US dismisses it as defective drone, older model; wires and SCMP focus on reverse-engineering potential.

How each outlet covered it