Iran's theater ballistic missile shots fired are down 86%, with a 23% decrease in the last 24 hours, the top US general said.

Iranian drones reportedly struck U.S. Embassy in Riyadh and Dubai consulate as defense expert Cameron Chell warns Tehran coordinates mass UAV attacks.

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.

The power of its air force diminished by Western sanctions, Iran has invested heavily in missiles and drones. As a result, the country has amassed what US intelligence called in early 2025 the “largest stockpile” of such systems in the Middle East.

The US and Iran are trading blows in the Gulf with a simple drone that costs as little as $50,000 to make. But why is a slow, cheap and relatively primitive drone seeing use in 2026 alongside hypersonic missiles and stealth jets?

Share The U.S. military used a laser Thursday to shoot down a “seemingly threatening” drone flying near the U.S.-Mexico border. It turned out the drone belonged to Customs and Border Protection, lawmakers said.

The Pentagon, CBP and the FAA said in a statement that the military mitigated "a seemingly threatening unmanned aerial system operating within military airspace."

Beskrestnov warned that interceptor drones may "turn out to be useless" in the next phase, calling for new research into countering faster Shaheds.