Dirty maths behind Iran’s drone strikes


Smoke rising in the distance in Teheran, Iran after the US-Israeli attacks. — Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times

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 defence systems capable of intercepting a vast majority of Iranian ballistic missiles and drones, which are sophisticated yet costly.

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