US naval drones have spent 60,000 hours at sea helping the Navy spy on and defeat malicious threats in Middle Eastern waters

• The US Navy has turned to an arsenal of drones to help it patrol Middle Eastern waters.
• These drones fall under Task Force 59, a first-of-its-kind initiative for the Navy.
• Business Insider recently visited the task force's headquarters in Bahrain.

Inside a massive warehouse located at a US Navy base in Bahrain, a tiny island country in the Persian Gulf, there are nearly a dozen drones on display.