Drones

Working with Israeli, Turkish, and US firms, Rabat is also aiming to build its own domestic defence-industrial capacity using its expertise in aerospace manufacturing

Small, low-cost, and difficult to jam, they give traditional defence systems little time to respond

Cheap unmanned aerial vehicles cost only a few thousand dollars to make, but are costing millions to defend against, turning the economics of war on its head

In the ongoing US–Israel war on Iran, Tehran has increasingly relied on large-scale drone deployments to overwhelm air defences and impose economic costs on its adversaries. Iranian-made Shahed…

Cheap autonomous weapons are overturning the economics of combat—and teaching the United States important lessons.

The Kingdom already has extensive manufacturing expertise in the production of parts for aircraft, so producing unmanned aerial vehicles for civil and military purposes seems natural

The interception of more than a dozen unmanned aerial vehicles in recent months has shown that smuggling has a highly effective new toy, while the Jordanians have a new security headache

Al Majalla dedicates its June cover story to the topic of drones, exploring their growing importance in Middle East warfare and the fierce competition for drone supremacy among regional states

The Middle East has become a leading manufacturing hub for these weapons. Who are the countries leading this race?