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Iran is waging a mass drone campaign across the Middle East, unleashing waves of low-cost, one-way attack drones also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), against Western-linked targets to impose “exponential cost on the U.S.,” a defense expert has warned.<\/p>\n

As Tehran reportedly launched thousands of Shahed drones<\/a> across the region and Iranian state media shared footage of underground stockpiles, Cameron Chell, CEO of drone maker and tech company Draganfly<\/a>, said Iran’s strategy is designed to force high-end defenses to counter cheap aerial threats.<\/p>\n

“Even a hundred of these drones in the hands of a decentralized unit can cause terror in a neighboring state like never before imagined,” Chell told Fox News Digital. “The Iranians cannot win the war with these drones, but like the [communist] Viet Cong [during the Vietnam War], they have an asymmetric capability that can prolong this war and create political pressure.”<\/p>\n

GULF STATES INTERCEPT HUNDREDS OF IRANIAN MISSILES AND DRONES, ISSUE JOINT CONDEMNATION WITH US<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“Iran can drive terror in unimaginable ways and drive exponential costs on the U.S. side, having to target these small, very hard-to-detect drone units,” he added.<\/p>\n

Chell\u2019s warning comes as tensions spiraled following Saturday’s joint U.S.-Israel strikes<\/a> on Iran targeting nuclear sites, missile facilities and leadership that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several commanders.<\/p>\n

The Iranian drones have proved deadly, having killed<\/a> six U.S. service members in an attack on a tactical center in Kuwait earlier this week.<\/p>\n

A CIA station in the U.S. Embassy in the Saudi capital of Riyadh was struck in an Iranian drone<\/a> attack Tuesday, causing a limited fire but no reported injuries.<\/p>\n

In Bahrain, drones reportedly identified as Iranian Shahed models smashed into the upper floors of the Era View Tower in Manama, about one mile from a U.S. Navy base.<\/p>\n

An Iranian drone also struck a parking lot outside the U.S. Consulate in Dubai, while the United Arab Emirates said it intercepted Iranian missiles and drone attacks targeting the country.<\/p>\n

“Based on the engine sound, the apparent attack angle and the implied speed, to the best of my knowledge, this was a Shahed-class one-way attack drone,” Chell said of the Dubai consulate attack video before suggesting the drone footage showed “a Shahed 191.”<\/p>\n

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Fars News Agency also released footage purporting to show scores of attack drones stockpiled in vast underground tunnels in Iran.<\/p>\n

The video appeared to show rows of triangular-shaped drones on rocket launchers, missiles lined up, four to a launcher vehicle and walls adorned with Iranian flags and photographs of Khamenei. Outlets noted that the video\u2019s timing and location remain unverified.<\/p>\n

“It is hard to confirm that Iran has the capability now to produce these drones in these volumes during wartime,” Chell said of the stockpiling footage.<\/p>\n

“To the extent they were producing these in those numbers, a more-than-significant portion would have been for delivery to Russia \u2014 which does not seem impossible. That said, the drones in the underground propaganda video are Shahed 191 drones.”<\/p>\n

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A new report from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace also <\/a>underscored Chell\u2019s comments on expense and range.<\/p>\n

“Right now, Iran is using a mixture of ballistic missiles and attack drones,” said senior fellow Dara Massicot. “The methods are effective, but targeting drones in this way is resource-intensive and expensive, and it will drain certain types of interceptors quickly.”<\/p>\n

“Ground-based air defense interceptor missiles are not infinite, and the United States and its partners and allies have had stockpile challenges in this area for years,” she added.<\/p>\n

Another senior fellow, Steve Feldstein, added, “An important point is that the world is entering a new age of drone war as unmanned aircraft are proliferating on the battlefield in major conflicts and smaller ones.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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