{"id":81296,"date":"2026-03-12T08:27:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T12:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=81296"},"modified":"2026-03-12T08:27:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T12:27:40","slug":"drones-irans-drone-swarms-challenge-us-air-defenses-as-troops-in-middle-east-face-rising-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/drones-irans-drone-swarms-challenge-us-air-defenses-as-troops-in-middle-east-face-rising-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"Drones Iran\u2019s Drone Swarms Challenge US Air Defenses As Troops In Middle East Face Rising Threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>Fox News:<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Cheap Iranian drone attacks are forcing the Pentagon to rapidly expand layered air defenses in the Middle East, as thousands of U.S. troops stationed across the region face an escalating aerial threat that is testing the limits of traditional missile defenses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said Tuesday its air defenses detected nine ballistic missiles and 35 drones launched by Iran. Eight missiles were intercepted while one fell into the sea.\u00a0Of the 35 drones, 26 were shot down and nine crashed on UAE soil, the country said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1773304060\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Drones Iran\u2019s Drone Swarms Challenge US Air Defenses As Troops In Middle East Face Rising Threats\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Fox News: Cheap Iranian drone attacks are forcing the Pentagon to rapidly expand layered air defenses in the Middle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-81296","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}