Adam Rawnsley and Chris Biggers, Daily Beast: We Found Iran’s Secretive Drone Base
Tehran is increasingly turning to an unmanned air force to further its expansionist goals. A newly discovered drone HQ hints at just how big its ambitions may be.
New satellite imagery shows that Iran has quietly deployed drones and submarines on its southern coast. It’s a sign that the Islamic Republic is expanding its naval power and looking to push American warships farther off its shores.
The satellite images, published this week by Google Earth, indicate the presence of surveillance drones and Ghadir midget submarines at Bandar-e Jask, an Iranian naval base just southeast of the strategically crucial Strait of Hormuz. The facility’s use as a drone and submarine base has not been previously reported.
WNU Editor: I am more worried about the subs than the drones .... but the drones will probably be very effective in spotting and locating US navy ships.
WNU Editor,
ReplyDeleteIranian drones are dominantly unarmed tactical drones, surveillance, local intel and artillary spotting,
And are probably highly vulnerable to ECM.
It's part and parcel of trying to close off the ODMO loop, to try to decide, move, observe and react faster than the opponent to the Fog of War.
As noted in:
http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/03/06/remember-kill-chain/
Drones introduce their own unique form of Fog of War.