Drone strikes near U.S. consulate in Dubai
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Iranian drones reportedly struck U.S. Embassy in Riyadh and Dubai consulate as defense expert Cameron Chell warns Tehran coordinates mass UAV attacks.
The United States is dominating the skies above Iran. But math is not necessarily on America’s side. Iran is using low-cost drones for precision attacks in the Middle East. The United States and its allies have air defense systems capable of intercepting a vast majority of Iranian ballistic missiles and drones, which are sophisticated yet costly.
A facility in Kuwait, the site of the attack, is among 11 U.S. military outposts to have been hit by retaliatory strikes, along with French and British bases.
A Russian-flagged liquified natural gas (LNG) tanker, the Arctic Metagaz, has reportedly caught fire in the Mediterranean Sea, multiple media outlets reported on March 3.
Struck by the success of large-scale, low-cost drone attacks, the US made covert efforts to capture Iranian Shahed-136s for technical analysis.
Follow live updates and the latest news coverage as Trump and Israel strike Iran, Israeli troops operate in Lebanon, and the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh is hit as Tehran strikes across the Middle East.
CAIRO, March 2 (Reuters) - A fire broke out after Musaffah fuel tank terminal in the United Arab Emirates was targeted by a drone, without impacting its operations, Abu Dhbai media office said on Monday.