SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING – The January 28 strike that killed three U.S. service members at a base in Jordan sparked an escalation that has already seen a number of U.S. airstrikes in opposition to Iran-backed militias in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. The strike has additionally highlighted the proliferation of a software that has change into important for Iran and its numerous militia teams: the weaponized drone.
A number of experiences recommend that Iran manufactured the drone that slammed into the Tower 22 base in Jordan. U.S. officers have described the weapon used as “a kind of Shahed drone,” possible designed by Shahed Aviation Industries Analysis Middle, a subsidiary of Iran’s highly effective Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).
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