Low-Cost Merops Drones Deployed Against Iranian Attacks on U.S. Forces

A new wave of innovation in battlefield defense is emerging as the U.S. military successfully employs Merops interceptor drones against Iranian Shahed-136 drones targeting American facilities in the Middle East. These small, cost-effective drones, originally developed amid the Ukraine conflict for intercepting Russian UAVs, are now proving equally valuable in countering threats to U.S. personnel and infrastructure. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll, testifying before Congress on Thursday, hailed th