US says it used drones based on Iran’s own Shaheds in attack: ‘American-made retribution’

The US military said on Saturday that it has been using single-use drones to attack Iran for the first time in combat, signalling adoption by the world’s wealthiest military of a technology already surging to prominence in the Ukraine-Russia war. “Task Force Scorpion Strike employed low-cost one-way attack drones for the first time in combat,” US Central Command (Centcom) said in a statement posted on social media.

Centcom said the drones, which are expendable but cheaper than traditional...