Shahed Drone: Iran’s Attrition Weapon and the Cost-Exchange Crisis of 2026
Iran’s Shahed family of one-way attack (OWA) drones has emerged as the single most consequential asymmetric weapon system of the 2026 US-Iran war. Across six months of sustained combat operations – from the first retaliatory strikes in March 2026 to the ongoing attritional campaigns against Gulf-based American installations – the Shahed programme has imposed a … Read more
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