NEW DELHI: Taking a cue from China, the US took to reverse-engineering to develop a low-cost ‘kamikaze’ drone based on the Iranian Shahed-136 it had captured sometime back, and is now using it to give Tehran a taste of its own medicine.
Reproduced with upgraded tech, the US’s Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System (Lucas) drones have now become a part of strikes on strategic Iranian assets, with CENTCOM officials confirming that airstrikes launched on Iran last week involved the first combat use of the new autonomous kamikaze drones. “These low-cost drones, modelled after Iran’s Shahed drones, are now delivering American-made retribution,” CENTCOM said on X.
