How to curb the threat of Iranian drones

By Ahmad Hashemi

Published March 17, 2023 4:47am ET

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How to curb the threat of Iranian drones — A U.S. F-15 near Al-Tanf, Syria, shot down an Iranian drone where the U.S. is training local fighters to combat the Islamic State. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Bruch/Released) | Senior Airman Matthew Bruch

Iran’s drone manufacturing enterprise has been long in the making. It started more than three decades ago during the war with Iraq in the ’80s. When the longest conventional conflict of the 20th century ended in 1988, Iran didn’t abandon its drone program.

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