US Makes Belated Leap Into Naval Drone Warfare

Overdue move to drone warfare follows litany of conventional failures

By: Andy Wong Ming Jun

Last week’s successful maritime strike carried out by US Central Command against Iran’s major Bandar Abbas Naval Base is a significant maturing step for US naval drone warfare capability, with the US Navy finally beginning to make serious progress out of its naval drone R&D efforts. These efforts have been lackluster at best and to…