Pentagon: crashed 145;drone146; in Pak not from US

A spate of recent missile attacks by unmanned US aircraft in Pakistan has strained ties between the allies. Pakistan has said such attacks are a violation of its sovereignty and the army has vowed to defend Pakistani territory.

Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said there were no reports of any downed unmanned aerial vehicles in Pakistan.Pakistan has not yet displayed the wreckage of the aircraft it claimed to have found.

The Pakistani military confirmed that a pilotless aircraft had come down, but did not identify it as American.8220;A surveillance unmanned aerial vehicle while flying over the Pak-Afghan border yesterday night crash landed, on this side of the border8230; apparently due to malfunctioning,8221; the army said in a statement. 8220;The wreckage8230; has been recovered.8221;One Pakistani security officer, who asked not to be identified, said it was a United States8217; aircraft. 8220;It8217;s American. It8217;s theirs, no one else flies drones there,8221; the officer said.