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Why the US military is stuck using $1 million missiles against Iran’s $20,000 drones

  • Written by Aaron Brynildson, Law Instructor, University of Mississippi
imageA drone is seen during a suspected drone strike targeting an oil warehouse near Erbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan Region, on April 1, 2026. Gailan Haji/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

It may sound hard to believe, but the almost trillion-dollar U.S. military is struggling to fight cheap drones in its war with Iran.

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