Iranian Drones Are Proliferating In Middle East And Eurasian Battlefields

On October 10, Iranian loitering munitions rained over Ukraine’s urban centers, including Kiev. Two weeks later, Israeli forces struck an Iranian drone factory in Syria (Al Arabiya, October 23). This demonstrated how Iran’s drone program is now beyond Iran, both in terms of production and operational impact. Iran has become a drone-exporting nation and Iranian drones are creating new flashpoints in different geopolitical axes. Tehran’s drone program is hardly new, however. In fact, it dates back to the 1980s war of attrition with…