Iranian Drone Threat Forces U.S. to Deploy Merops

U.S. officials deploy Merops counter-drone system to Middle East.
Pentagon struggles with Iranian drone attacks in the Gulf.
Merops uses AI to identify targets in jammed communications.
System will protect U.S. bases without costly missile interceptors.
Lessons from Ukraine informed Merops deployment to Poland and Romania.
Rep. Jim Himes calls drone attacks a 'math problem' for interceptors.

Technology | Security | Defense

Poland | Middle East | Romania

Eric Schmidt | Rep. Jim Himes

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