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A new anti-drone system that fires from hardy 4x4 vehicles has been revealed after taking down an Iranian drone.

The Marine Corps' Light Marine Air Defense Integrated System, or LMADIS for short, jammed and brought down the unmanned aircraft.

The American authorities claim the drone flew within 1,000 yards of a US navy warship on the Strait of Hormuz.

LMADIS used a radar and cameras to scan the sky in a bid to detect drones and then distinguish between friendly and hostile systems.

Once a threat is located radio frequencies jam the drone.

The new tech was brought to Middle East by the California-based 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

(Image: 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit/US Marine Corps)

The 2,200 Marine strong group are currently on a six-month sea deployment, Business Insider reports.

President Donald Trump said the drone was brought down after several calls were made for it to stand down.

(Image: REUTERS)

"This is the latest of many provocative and hostile actions by Iran against vessels operating in international waters," the president said.

"The United States reserves the right to defend our personnel, our facilities and interests and calls upon all nations to condemn Iran's attempts to disrupt freedom of navigation and global commerce."

Even for the well-equipped and very well-funded US Navy, bringing down military drones can prove difficult.

Because they fly at high altitudes and are designed as stealth aircraft, air defence systems are often unable to detect them.