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The US scored its first Iranian Shahed kill with a counter-drone system proven in Ukraine
US soldiers used the Merops counter-drone system to intercept an Iranian Shahed drone for the first time in Kuwait, marking its combat debut. The system, proven in Ukraine, employs a $15,000 interceptor drone and is being deployed in the Middle East as part of the US response to Iranian attacks.
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