Iran, drone and Middle East
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The U.S. and several Gulf nations are talking with Ukraine about buying interceptor drones designed to destroy Iranian-made attack drones.
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Cheap drones and black-box AI are racing ahead of global war rules
Ukraine’s military has contracted 1.8 million drones worth nearly UAH 147 billion for 2024-2025, a procurement surge that captures a broader global reality: cheap, mass-produced unmanned systems and the AI software guiding them are advancing faster than global negotiations and many existing policy frameworks can keep up with.
Iran's Shahed drones reshaped conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East, Russia uses them heavily, and the US is now fielding its own version.
The U.S. military just deployed a new class of low-cost drones in combat for the first time. By “low-cost” drones, it means these aren’t your standard fighter jets or precision missiles. They are
The United States is dominating the skies above Iran. But math is not necessarily on America’s side. Iran is using low-cost drones for precision attacks in the Middle East. The United States and its allies have air defense systems capable of intercepting a vast majority of Iranian ballistic missiles and drones, which are sophisticated yet costly.
After years on the front lines of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Iranian Shahed-136 drone is at the center of Tehran's retaliation against recent U.S. strikes.
For years, the U.S. has been drawing down its inventory of missiles and interceptors. While battling Houthi rebels in Yemen, the Navy relied heavily on Tomahawk cruise missiles, which were also used against Iran this weekend.
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Russia floods front lines with swarms of cheap killer drones
Russia has dramatically escalated its use of low-cost, expendable drones against Ukraine, launching large numbers of one-way attack drones in repeated waves that are straining Kyiv’s air defenses and reshaping how both sides fight,
Iranian drones reportedly struck U.S. Embassy in Riyadh and Dubai consulate as defense expert Cameron Chell warns Tehran coordinates mass UAV attacks.