US struck Iran with copies of its own drones

The Pentagon has confirmed that US forces struck Iranian targets using weapons that are copies of Iran's own Shahed 136 suicide drones.

When Operation Epic Fury began on the morning of February 28, involved in the action was Task Force Scorpion Strike, the US military's first one-way-attack drone squadron, based in the Middle East.

US Central Command, part of the Department of Defense (DoD) responsible for directing military operations across the Middle East and Central/South Asia, disclosed the unit's involvement in a press release.

"The first hours of the operation included precision munitions launched from air, land, and sea. Additionally, CENTCOM's Task Force Scorpion Strike employed low-cost one-way attack drones for the first time in combat," it stated.

Task Force Scorpion Strike (TFSS) was only announced in December, when it was said to have formed up with a squadron of Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System ...