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Iranian Army Says It Shot Down US LUCAS Drone That Was Flying Over Southern Iran
Iranian Army Says It Shot Down US LUCAS Drone That Was Flying Over Southern Iran
https://news.antiwar.com/2026/10/25/iranian-army-says-it-shot-down-us-lucas-drone-that-was-flying-over-southern-iran/,
The Iranian Army said on Sunday that its
https://www.presstv.co.uk/Detail/2026/10/25/779149/Iran-Army-shoot-down-LUCAS-drone-southern-Iran over the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, an incident that comes as the US and Israel appear poised to launch another round of major strikes against Iran.
So far, the US hasn't confirmed losing a LUCAS and hasn't responded to the Iranian claim. The LUCAS, or Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack Systems, is the US version of the Iranian Shahed-136 drone and was first
https://news.antiwar.com/2026/02/26/us-militarys-first-kamikaze-drone-unit-is-ready-for-potential-attacks-on-iran/.
Iran's PressTV published a photo that it said showed the wreckage of a US LUCAS drone in Bandar Abbas and said that Iranian forces previously shot one down in July.
Photo published by PressTV that’s said to show the LUCAS wreckage
US Central Command
https://news.antiwar.com/2025/12/03/us-war-department-launches-first-kamikaze-drone-squadron-in-the-middle-east/ that it had deployed a fleet of LUCAS drones in the Middle East, calling it the "first one-way-attack drone squadron based in the Middle East." On February 26, 2026, two days before the US and Israel began bombing Iran,
https://news.antiwar.com/2026/02/26/us-militarys-first-kamikaze-drone-unit-is-ready-for-potential-attacks-on-iran/ that the LUCAS drones were ready to strike the Islamic Republic.
LUCAS drones are said to cost about $35,000 for the US to produce. Iranian air defenses have also shot down
https://news.antiwar.com/2026/10/07/report-details-81-us-aircraft-lost-or-damaged-in-iran-war/ since the war began, a much more expensive unmanned aerial vehicle, costing somewhere between $30 million and $50 million to manufacture.
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