Iranian Drones Hitting Ukraine Struck a Tanker Earlier, US Says
- Defense Intelligence Agency releases drone’s schematics
- Killer drones now part of Iranian order of battle: official
A Ukrainian military vehicle drives by an apartment building hit by Russian artillery in Bakhmut, Ukraine on February 14.
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The Iran-made drones Russia is flying into Ukrainian targets are the same type that hit an oil tanker in 2021, killing two people, according to the Pentagon’s Defense intelligence Agency.
It’s the latest indication that pilotless aircraft have become weapons embedded in the world’s arsenals. The defense agency issued an unusually detailed schematic analysis Tuesday, with charts and pictures of debris documenting Russian use of unmanned aerial vehicles.