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In early March 2026, U.S. Central Command confirmed the first U.S. fatalities of the Iran conflict. A drone strike at Port Shuaiba in Kuwait killed six American servicemembers. A counter-drone system can intercept “most” threats and still fail at the mission that matters: protecting people and critical nodes. Small drones can fly as low to the ground, present detection challenges, and punish any gap in hardening or point defense.
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The world is entering its most perilous phase since the end of the Cold War. Major powers are testing the boundaries of the current global security order: Russia pushes deeper into Ukraine, Iran foments instability across the Middle East, and China casts its gaze toward Taiwan. Although the United States remains, on paper, the world’s most powerful military force, it is—strategically—lagging.
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