US Builds Cheap Suicide Drone Army That Looks Suspiciously Iranian
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- ā¢The US military deployed the Low-cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System (LUCAS) squadron in the Middle East in December 2025.
- ā¢The Pentagon showcased over a dozen Shahed-style low-cost drone designs from engineering firm SpektreWorks in July 2025.
- ā¢Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced a $1 billion investment for mass-producing cheap attack drones over two years.
- ā¢Admiral Brad Cooper described these drones as cutting-edge technology aimed at quickly equipping warfighters and deterring adversaries.
In a masterpiece of originality the Pentagon unveiled its Low-cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones in July 2025. These one-way wonders eerily resemble the Iranian Shahed-136 drones famously overworked by Mother Russia against Ukraine for their budget warfare charm. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's $1 billion drone dominance plan imagines hundreds of thousands of cheap drones raining Middle Eastern havoc, launched from catapults to rocket-assisted takeoffsāor your friendly military vehicle. CENTCOM's Adm. Brad Cooper solemnly praised the fleet as innovation that 'deters bad actors,' while Trump nostalgically touted $35-40k Iranian drones killing 'tremendous numbers' in Ukraineāus barely one step behind, perfecting bad actor deterrence via American imitation.
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The US rolls out drone clones of Iran's deadly Shaheds for the Middle East, proving any fool can build a killer buzzardājust slap āMade in USAā on it and call it innovation.
Copy-paste warfare is the new drone game. US invests billion while Shahed-136 just keeps trucking like the Wright brothers of death.
Launching drones from catapults? Must be nostalgia for medieval siege weapons paired with modern crisis: one-way trips sponsored by Uncle Sam.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 12/3/2025 | Author: Chris Panella
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