AhlulBayt News Agency: Donald Trump administration officials have told lawmakers during a closed-door briefing on Capitol Hill that Iran’s Shahed drones represent a major challenge and US air defenses would not be able to intercept them all, sources in the briefing told CNN.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine acknowledged during the briefing that was held on Tuesday, the drones were posing a bigger problem than anticipated, two sources in the briefing told CNN on Wednesday.
They are known to fly low and slow, a feature that makes them more able to evade air defenses than ballistic missiles, the report said.
Another source familiar with the briefing added the officials had made an bid to downplay concerns about the drones and claimed that Persian Gulf state partners had been stockpiling interceptors.
Also on Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal published an analysis arguing that Iran’s constant firing of drones and missiles had clearly challenged the United States’ ability to reach its military objectives in the country and its capability to defend allies and assets in West Asia.
The analysis said US military and diplomatic resources in West Asia were under mounting pressure as the Islamic Republic conducted back-to-back waves of drone and missile assaults on the Israeli regime as well as on the assets of the United States in the region.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has launched several waves of strikes against sensitive and strategic Israeli and American targets throughout the region in retaliation for the unprovoked onslaught.
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