US EditionWarships, explosive drones and stealth bombers: The high-tech weapons and hardware the US is using to attack Iran
Operation Epic Fury deploys diverse US military assets including drones, stealth bombers, and missile defenses to counter Iranian threats and degrade missile and drone capabilities, CENTCOM said.
- On Saturday, United States forces launched an array of weapons including Tomahawk cruise missiles, stealth fighters, and one-way attack drones in Operation Epic Fury, CENTCOM said.
- Pre-Deployment activity included two US aircraft carriers — the USS Abraham Lincoln and the USS Gerald R. Ford — in the region when the strikes began, positioned in the Arabian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, CENTCOM said.
- B-2 stealth bombers conducted strikes using 2,000-pound bombs on missile facilities, sustained by in-flight and at-sea refueling assets including KC-135 and KC-46 tankers.
- CENTCOM responded, warning stocks of Patriot and THAAD missile defense systems could deplete after attacks by Iran's drone and missile forces, while Iran claimed it hit the USS Abraham Lincoln, CENTCOM called it a 'LIE'.
- Following the strikes, the administration declared Anthropic a supply-chain risk, and President Donald Trump ordered agencies to stop working with the start-up, while Reuters could not determine how AI tools were used.
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According to CNN, the United States used a fairly wide range of weapons to attack Iran, from B-2 and F-35 aircraft to LUCAS kamikaze drones to artificial intelligence (AI) tools. The news brings an overview of the most important weapons.
Washington concentrated one of its largest military forces in decades in the Middle East. From B-2 bombers to Patriot anti-missile systems and kamikaze drones, the Pentagon activated a precision war gear.
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The United States unleashed an array of weaponry against Iranian targets on Saturday, including Tomahawk cruise missiles, stealth fighters, and, for the first time in combat, low-cost one-way attack drones modeled after Iranian designs. U.S. Central Command released photographs showing Tomahawk missiles, F-18 and F-35 fighter jets alongside details of the strikes on Iran as part of Operation Epic Fury.
Warships, explosive drones and stealth bombers: The high-tech weapons and hardware the US is using to attack Iran
Before the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, Washington assembled its largest force and some of its most powerful weaponry in the Middle East in decades.
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