US weaponry proves effective in ’Operation Epic Fury’ on Iran｜Taiwan News

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New-generation US weaponry proved to be effective in the US-Israeli Airstrike on Iran that began on Saturday. Many weapons were deployed for the first time in history, including the black-colored Tomahawk cruise missile, as well as LUCAS drones, modeled after Iran’s Shahed-136 drone. The successful attacks proved that the US is at an advantage over its adversaries.

The US military deployed its B-2 stealth bombers, equipped with 2,000-pound bombs, to precisely strike Iran’s ballistic missile facilities. The US Central Command released several videos showcasing various strikes to date, as well as new weapons in use.

An Arleigh Burke-class destroyer launches missiles. This glossy black Tomahawk cruise missile, unlike the usual gray paint, is speculated by military experts to be an improved version designed to reduce detectability.

Su Tzu-yun
Institute for National Defense and Security Research
The new-generation Tomahawk missile has a different paintjob. It’s black. The paint probably has a stealth coating. It can absorb radar waves and convert them into heat energy, so when the radar receives the reflected waves, the signals are very weak, thus creating a stealth effect.

Apart from stealth weapons, the air strike also features mass deployment of long-range one-way attack drones by the US military.

Narrator
Monitor Pertahanen
The LUCAS is designed as a low-cost loitering munition, with its extended range capable of launch from multiple platforms. It bears similarity to Iran’s Shahed-136 drone.

The reverse-engineered LUCAS costs only US$35,000 per unit, making it especially suited for mass deployment to achieve an impactful and continuous heavy-hitting effect.

Su Tzu-yun
Institute for National Defense and Security Research
Compared to missiles, which costs in the range of millions of US dollars, it’s relatively low-cost. It can be deployed to strike low-threat targets. Iran’s Shahed series was also found to have cloned the US military’s RQ-170 Sentinel UAV. Many military bloggers describe it as a product of multiple copy-and-pastes.

In addition to drones and Tomahawk missiles, the US also deployed the HIMARS missile system for attacks and used Patriot missiles and THAAD systems for air defense to intercept Iranian missiles.

In contrast, the air defense missile interception systems adopted by Iran, made by China and Russia, failed to withstand the US-Israeli offensive, demonstrating the disparity in military strength between the US and its adversaries.

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