{"id":2576273,"date":"2026-03-04T21:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T02:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/perfect-justice-were-raining-destruction-on-iran-using-a-suicide-drone-they-designed-but-we-perfected\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T21:06:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T02:06:23","slug":"perfect-justice-were-raining-destruction-on-iran-using-a-suicide-drone-they-designed-but-we-perfected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/perfect-justice-were-raining-destruction-on-iran-using-a-suicide-drone-they-designed-but-we-perfected\/","title":{"rendered":"Perfect Justice: We\u2019re Raining Destruction on Iran Using a Suicide Drone They Designed But We Perfected"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fperfect-justice-were-raining-destruction-on-iran-using-a-suicide-drone-they-designed-but-we-perfected%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2576273&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran has highlighted a new one-way drone capability, centered on a weapon called LUCAS (Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System) that was reverse-engineered from Iran\u2019s Shahed-136 drones. Executed by a newly formed task Force Scorpion Strike, the programme was announced in December and, by the first week of March, was already playing a central role in major operations. Iran has retaliated with shahed drones targeting Bahrain and Dubai, illustrating a two-way dynamic in drone warfare. Admiral Brad Cooper describes the U.S. approach as taking a weapon originally designed by Iran, improving it, and turning it back against Iran itself, a sentiment echoed by observers online. The piece frames this as a practical application of turning an enemy\u2019s strength against them, using martial arts metaphors to describe modern warfare, and suggests the Iranian regime may respond unfavorably while noting that more coverage is likely in the coming days.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Turns out, one-way drone warfare is a two-way street.<\/p>\n<p>During a briefing Tuesday on the progress of the ongoing U.S.-Israeli attack on the Islamic Republic of Iran, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navy.mil\/Leadership\/Flag-Officer-Biographies\/Article\/2236336\/admiral-brad-cooper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Admiral Brad Cooper<\/a> touted the success of a new weapon in the U.S. military&rsquo;s arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>And it originated with the Iranian military itself.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Update from CENTCOM Commander on Operation Epic Fury: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/epEohq64Vf\">pic.twitter.com\/epEohq64Vf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2028983418801803741?\">March 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); 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 \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For the first time, U.S. Central Command&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-israels-defense-industry-learned-from-its-multifront-war\/\" title=\"What Israel\u2019s defense industry learned from its multifront war\">drone task force<\/a>, called Task Force Scorpion Strike, launched countless one-way <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/see-it-israel-creates-first-airborne-laser-in-world-to-shoot-down-incoming-rockets\/\" title=\"SEE IT: Israel Creates First Airborne Laser In World To Shoot Down Incoming Rockets\">attack drones<\/a>, achieving massive effects,&rdquo; Cooper said about four minutes into the video above.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d like to point out, these drones were originally an Iranian design. We took them back to America, made them better, and fired them right back at Iran.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2026\/02\/28\/us-confirms-first-combat-use-of-lucas-one-way-attack-drone-in-iran-strikes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Military Times<\/a> reported on Saturday, the weapons system known by the acronym LUCAS (Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System) was reverse-engineered from the Iranian Shahed-136, a kamikaze drone built to be launched on one-way flights to destroy itself, inflicting damage on opposing forces in the process.<\/p>\n<p>As might be expected of a military innovation under President Donald Trump, it also became <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/to-fight-racial-injustice-woke-u-s-army-set-to-rename-nine-historic-bases\/\" title=\"To Fight Racial Injustice, \u201cWoke\u201d U.S. Army Set to Rename Nine Historic Bases\">combat-effective<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-operation-warp-speed-secures-100-million-additional-doses-covid-vaccine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warp speed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The formation of the drone-based Task Force Scorpion Strike was announced only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centcom.mil\/MEDIA\/PRESS-RELEASES\/Press-Release-View\/Article\/4347030\/us-launches-one-way-attack-drone-force-in-the-middle-east\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in early December<\/a>. In the first week of March, it&rsquo;s already playing a key role in a major military engagement.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, its Iranian counterpart isn&rsquo;t just sitting on the sidelines.<\/p>\n<p>Shahed drones (the word means &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.farsi.school\/definition\/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">witness<\/a>&rdquo; in Farsi, the language of Iran) have gotten through defense systems to strike in Bahrain and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-black-smoke-rises-new-us-consult-compound-hit-iranian-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dubai<\/a> in Iranian retaliation for the U.S. attacks, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/iran-could-disrupt-strait-hormuz-144236689.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Shahed system is a fearsome weapon, the kind the fanatical murderers in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/iranian-revolutionary-guard-corps-deploys-yemen-now-taking-direct-role-red-sea-attacks-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps<\/a> favor.<\/p>\n<p>And its very effectiveness is why the U.S. military co-opted it. Whatever other faults the Iranian regime might have demonstrated over 47 years of festering evil &mdash; and <a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/mark\/5-9.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">they are legion<\/a> &mdash; errant stupidity is not among them.<\/p>\n<p>Americans could be hearing a great deal about it in the coming days, and not always in optimistic briefings from Admiral Cooper at Central Command.<\/p>\n<p>But the use of an Iranian-originated weapon against the tyranny in Tehran is still a moment to savor.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Using their own drone technology against them is awesome.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brett Thomas (@BGLordofthechat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BGLordofthechat\/status\/2027823224910958641?\">February 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Turning an enemy&rsquo;s own strength against him is a basic principle of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stormtaekwondo.com\/what-martial-art-uses-your-opponent%27s-force-against-them\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">martial arts<\/a> &mdash; and making war is <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >martial arts writ large<\/a>. American drone warfare is putting that principle into practice in a case of perfect justice by using a weapon originally designed by Iranians.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I just could not be prouder of our men and women in uniform leveraging innovation to create dilemmas for the enemy,&rdquo; Cooper said.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s a good bet that the Iranian military (what&rsquo;s left of it, at this point) isn&rsquo;t feeling the same way.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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In a briefing about the ongoing U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, Admiral Brad Cooper praised a new weapon in the U.S. arsenal that actually originated with Iran. CENTCOM posted an update on Operation Epic Fury. Cooper said that the Task Force Scorpion Strike deployed many one-way attack drones with significant effects; these drones were originally Iranian designs that the United States retrieved, improved, and then used against Iran. The weapon system, known as LUCAS (Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System), was reverse-engineered from Iran\u2019s Shahed-136 kamikaze drone. The Shahed drones have penetrated defenses to strike Bahrain and Dubai in retaliation for U.S. actions, according to Reuters. The Shahed system is feared by Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard, and that fear partly explains why the U.S. adopted similar technology. Some observers expect more discussion of this weapon in the days ahead, not always in the most optimistic Central Command briefings. The broader point is that turning an enemy\u2019s own strength against him is a basic martial-arts-like principle, and American drone warfare is putting that principle into practice by using a weapon originally designed by Iranians. Cooper said he\u2019s proud of service members for leveraging innovation to create dilemmas for the enemy, even if the Iranian military likely does not share that sentiment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2576274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-03-04T200107.956.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[69588,32404,46056,3823,38893],"class_list":["post-2576273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-drone-warfare","tag-geopolitics","tag-international-law","tag-iran","tag-military-ethics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-03-04T200107.956.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2576273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2576273"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2576273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2576277,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2576273\/revisions\/2576277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2576274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2576273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2576273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2576273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}