Pentagon suicide drone unit ready for potential Iran strikes - Bloomberg
The Pentagon’s first kamikaze drone unit, including one-way attack UAVs reverse-engineered from Iran’s Shahed-136, is prepared to take part in potential strikes on Iran if President Donald Trump orders military action, Bloomberg reported, citing US officials and analysts.
The unit, known as Task Force Scorpion, evolved from an experimental US Navy drone program previously based in Bahrain.
It’s now “ready for employment,” Bloomberg quoted US Central Command spokesman Capt. Tim Hawkins as saying in a statement to Bloomberg.
"Destroying these kinds of targets require a lot of dispersed attacks that inexpensive drones are well suited to deliver,” Bloomberg quoted Hudson Institute think-tank analyst and former strategic planner at the US Navy Bryan Clark as saying.
“Iran doesn’t have much of an air defense network anymore, so they may not be able to shoot down many,” he added.
