Originally Posted by Rochard

I disagree with you on this.

A country's legal border at sea extends 12 nautical miles from land. This is called "territorial water". This is both in the water, and above the water - there is no difference between the two. If you can sail a ship in it, you can fly over that ship in a plane. Most countries - including the United States and Iran - are governed by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

You seem to believe that we can sail ships in the Persian Gulf but not fly over it, which is not the case. We sail ships through the Persian Gulf without going into their 12 mile zone, and we can fly aircraft in the Persian Gulf without going into their 12 mile zone.

In this case, Iran seems to be saying it over their ocean and the United States is saying it was five miles away.

Here is a map that shows Iran's territorial waters where we cannot fly over, and where the US says the drone was.