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The word “drone” covers a wide range of devices, even if you narrow it down to only drones that fly and even further to military aerial drones. These range from long-distance surveillance drones that fly up to 60,000 feet and cost over $100 million to quadcopters you can buy on Amazon for a few hundred dollars (not counting explosives).
The category of these weapons that perhaps has had the greatest effect on warfare is one-way attack drones: those that carry explosives and fly directly into their targets. They include drones that cost tens of thousands of dollars and have been dubbed the “poor man’s cruise missile,” but also remotely piloted off-the-shelf quadcopters that capture video of their journeys in addition to blowing up.
Defense researchers Michael C. Horowitz and Lauren Kahn describe how this technology has ushered in a new era in warfare, one that melds the volume of artillery with the long-range accuracy of guided missiles. And they explain how these drones give Iran a boost in confronting the United States.
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Iran’s Shahed drone is essentially a poor man’s cruise missile.
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Michael C. Horowitz, University of Pennsylvania; Lauren Kahn, Georgetown University
One-way attack drones have changed the face of the Russia-Ukraine war and give Iran a boost in countering US and Israeli forces.
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Paul J. Springer, Air University
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