- March 1, 2026
- 5:25 pm
- World News
The US military operation against Iranian targets demonstrated an important shift in modern warfare: technologies and tactics, first massively applied by Ukraine after the Russian invasion in 2022, are now being used by the world’s largest armies. We are talking about cheap disposable strike drones — a tool that has already changed the nature of combat operations.
According to Western analysts, it is the experience of the Ukrainian front that became the basis for the new phase of US military operations in the Middle East.
How the operation against Iran became a demonstration of new tactics
What is known about the operation ‘Epic Fury’
On February 28, the US military conducted an operation against targets on Iranian territory under the code name ‘Epic Fury’. In the first hours of the attack, precision weapons were used, launched simultaneously from air, sea, and land.
However, the key element of the operation was another decision.
The US Central Command confirmed that the task force Scorpion Strike used inexpensive disposable strike drones in real combat conditions for the first time. These devices are designed for mass saturation of enemy defenses and pinpoint targeting with minimal costs.
This model of warfare has become characteristic of the Ukrainian front.
Ukrainian experience is changing global military doctrines
Politico journalists note: for the first time, such tactics were widely used by the Ukrainian Defense Forces after the start of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine.
The Ukrainian army found itself in conditions of serious imbalance — fewer resources, limited aviation, and numerical superiority of the enemy. The response was a focus on mass drone systems.
Inexpensive drones allowed compensating for the lack of traditional weapons, striking at enemy logistics, and constantly depleting its resources.
Later, a similar approach began to be copied by Russian troops, which effectively launched a new era of military technologies.
Today, this experience is already being scaled up to the level of global operations.
As noted by the editorial staff of NAnews — Israel News | Nikk.Agency, the war in Ukraine has become a kind of laboratory for modern military strategy, the consequences of which are now visible far beyond Eastern Europe — including the Middle East.
Why drones are becoming the main weapon of the 21st century
From a local solution to a global trend
Experts believe that the mass use of cheap strike UAVs is changing the very logic of armed conflicts.
Now the key factor is not only the power of the army but also the ability to quickly produce thousands of relatively simple systems. Such drones are economically more difficult to intercept: the cost of their destruction often exceeds the price of the target itself.
This creates a new strategic reality where even technologically advanced armies are forced to adapt to asymmetric warfare.
The US operation against Iran became the first major confirmation that the Ukrainian experience is no longer considered a regional phenomenon. It is gradually turning into a standard for conducting modern military operations.
That is why analysts increasingly say: future conflicts will be determined not by the number of tanks or aircraft, but by the speed of innovation and the flexibility of tactics.
