The United States is dominating the skies above Iran. But math is not necessarily on America’s side. Iran is using low-cost drones for precision attacks in the Middle East. The United States and its allies have air defense systems capable of intercepting a vast majority of Iranian ballistic missiles and drones, which are sophisticated yet costly.

The US and Iran are trading blows in the Gulf with a simple drone that costs as little as $50,000 to make. But why is a slow, cheap and relatively primitive drone seeing use in 2026 alongside hypersonic missiles and stealth jets?

NATO commanders told Business Insider that drones are useful but could never fully replace the reliability of old-fashioned artillery.

A man was arrested in San Marcos on suspicion of theft and narcotics-related charges after deputies used a drone to locate him and discovered evidence of a marijuana grow in the yard of the home he had fled from.

An American anti-drone system proven to work against Russian drones in Ukraine will soon be sent to the Middle East to bolster U.S. defenses against Iranian drones, two U.S. officials told The