US Deploys Advanced One-Way Attack Drones in the Middle East
TL;DR
The US has deployed its first squadron of low-cost, one-way attack drones in the Middle East, based on reverse-engineered Iranian Shahed drones, to enhance deterrence and military effectiveness at a lower cost, with the deployment driven by innovation and recent regional conflicts.
- US sends 1-way attack drones to the Middle East ABC News
- US sets up one-way attack drone squadron in the Middle East after reverse-engineering Iranian drone CNN
- US Deploys Cheap Attack Drone Copied From Iranian Technology Bloomberg.com
- American Shahed-136 Clones Sent To Middle East Have Satellite Datalinks, Swarming Capabilities The War Zone
- U.S. Launches One-Way-Attack Drone Force in the Middle East > U.S. Central Command > Press Release View centcom.mil
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