Defense One Magazine: Sanctions Against the Iranian UAV Program are Useless
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American Defense One magazine quotes several American military leaders as saying that sanctions against Iran's UAV program are not "effective".
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Drone launched during a military exercise in Iran - January 6, 2021.
Several US military leaders considered that the sanctions intended against the Iranian UAV program "are unlikely to be effective, and in fact, are almost beside the point."
Defense One stated that the directed sanctions are part of the "Biden administration acting on its promise to help Saudi Arabia ward off rockets and drones fired from "Houthi rebel" positions on the Yemeni border. It is also an attempt to protect US forces from increasingly sophisticated drone attacks by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps proteges in Iraq."
The magazine stated that the danger of sanctions lies in Iran's ability to locally manufacture components, chips, and electronic systems, some of which are subject to the commercial sector, to which sanctions do not apply.
Also, the US and the international community would not have a problem with Iran developing sophisticated drones reserved for its defense. The problem lies in "Iran’s policy of distributing these drones to rogue militias outside of its borders for the purpose of destabilizing areas of the region that do not support establishing Vichy governments loyal to Tehran," the magazine stated.
And last April, the US Air Force magazine revealed that senior military leaders are expressing their concern about the development of drones, which shifts the US Air Force's theater of operations to "working without military superiority."
According to the magazine, combating drones is a "top priority" for the US Central Command, with the presence of existing air defense and missile defense systems that can track incoming threats, noting that the command is looking at systems that can counter drones.
