Slow, radar-visible, and predictable: Iran exposes the MQ-9 Reaper’s limits in contested skies.
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Ten US radars hit. Israeli airspace is penetrable. Detection failures, not just munitions shortage. US bases now vulnerable.
Iran survives but cannot deny enemy air superiority. Attrition alone is not a strategy. Air campaigns need political endgames.
Baghdad cannot protect Kurdish territory from Iranian missiles. The US should treat Kurdistan like Taiwan for air defense, bypassing Iraqi veto.
Iran’s cheap drones force expensive Western responses, depleting stocks and reversing cost ratios in war economy.