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Iran fires missiles at US bases across Middle East after American strikes on nuclear, IRGC sites
Iran launched missile and drone strikes on U.S. military facilities across Middle Eastern countries Friday, retaliating after U.S.-Israeli attacks.
US and Israeli forces launch coordinated strikes on Iran, reportedly killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. Advanced drones and precision weapons used in historic escalation.
The drone's development comes as the Pentagon pushes to procure and field inexpensive drones to keep pace with adversaries.
Defense expert Cameron Chell analyzes Saturday's sweeping military campaign against Iran that combined precision strikes with kamikaze drones in a coordinated U.S.-Israel operation.
The US military has deployed low-cost strike drones based on Iran's Shahed-136 design for the first time, using the reverse-engineered weapons against Iranian military infrastructure in coordinated operations with Israel that have effectively paralysed Persian Gulf aviation.
America's clone of Iran's Shahed-136 had been used against Iran in an ironic vignette of modern drone warfare.