'Drone hunting drones' are already impacting Middle East conflicts

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Iranian officials show Russia's minister of defense new weapons including a 538 loitering missile on a September 2023 visit to Tehran.
Iranian officials show Russia's minister of defense new weapons including a 538 loitering missile on a September 2023 visit to Tehran.

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Iran's stealth drones have become the new blueprint for international warfare

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An Iranian schoolboy takes selfie with Iran's Shahed-136 (L), and Shahed-131 unmanned aerial vehicles during his visit to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) National Aerospace Park in western Tehran, October 11, 2023.
An Iranian schoolboy takes selfie with Iran's Shahed-136 (L), and Shahed-131 unmanned aerial vehicles in western Tehran, October 11, 2023.

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The US snatched thousands of illegal Iranian guns and gave them to Ukraine to repel the Russians

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Thousands of AK-47 assault rifles sit on the flight deck of guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) during an inventory process, Jan. 7. U.S. naval forces seized 2,116 AK-47 assault rifles from a fishing vessel transiting along a maritime route from Iran to Yemen.
US naval forces seized thousands of assault rifles from a fishing vessel transiting along a maritime route from Iran to Yemen.

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A deadly Israeli strike in Syria ratchets up a years-long shadow war with Iran that could again put US forces in the crosshairs

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Iranian protesters are burning the U.S. flag and an Israeli flag during a protest gathering to condemn the Israeli airstrike against the Iranian consulate in Syria, at Palestine Square in Tehran, Iran, on April 1, 2024.
Iranian protesters are burning the U.S.

Iran-backed Houthis attacked a Chinese ship with missiles after promising to leave them alone

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A commercial ship in the Red Sea last week.
A commercial ship in the Red Sea last week.

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Iran is selling a drone called 'Gaza' that it says can carry 13 bombs and travel 1,200 miles

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This picture taken from southern Israel shows an Israeli military drone flying over the Gaza Strip.
This picture taken from southern Israel shows an Israeli military drone flying over the Gaza Strip.

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

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An undated still image released on Oct. 6 from video taken by an Arabian Fox MAST-13 unmanned surface vessel of two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy patrol speedboats in the Strait of Hormuz.
An undated still image released on Oct. 6 from video taken by an Arabian Fox MAST-13 unmanned surface vessel of two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy patrol speedboats in the Strait of Hormuz.

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Russia's grand railway plan to get around Western sanctions is about to get even bigger

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Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on the screen riding a train across the bridge linking Russia and Crimean Peninsula at Taman railways station on December 23, 2019 near Anapa, Russia.
A screen showing Russian President Vladimir Putin riding a train across the bridge linking Russia and the Crimean Peninsula at Taman railway station near Anapa, Russia, in December 2019.

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Houthi attacks on ships are giving the rebels and Iran intel on how to hunt down and strike naval targets, war experts say

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A missile launches from a US Navy destroyer in the Red Sea earlier this month.
A missile launches from a US Navy destroyer in the Red Sea earlier this month.

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US agents fooled a yakuza boss into giving them weapons-grade plutonium he thought would be sold to Iran: court docs

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A Geiger counter held over yellow drums.
A photo included in the indictment against Ebisawa, showing a Geiger counter held over yellow industrial drums.

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