US military stands up first kamikaze drone squadron under Centcom’s new ‘Scorpion Strike’ task force

The Pentagon recently formed the U.S. military’s first kamikaze drone squadron under U.S. Central Command in the Middle East, marking its latest-to-be-revealed move to accelerate the adoption of affordable unmanned assets for modern warfare operations.

Centcom’s new Task Force Scorpion Strike already set up a unit that’s delivering so-called Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack Systems (LUCAS) — just a few months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued guidance in July to “unleash U.S. military drone dominance” by speedily equipping forces with expendable platforms, according to a press release published by the command on Wednesday.

“This new task force sets the conditions for using innovation as a deterrent,” Centcom commander Adm. Brad Cooper said in a statement.

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