Live Update From the Liveblog of
Monday, September 27, 2021
PM: Iran arming proxies with ‘swarms of killer drones armed with lethal weapons’
Bennett presents what he says is a new military threat posed by Tehran.
“Just this year, Iran made operational a new deadly terror unit — swarms of killer UAVs armed with lethal weapons that can attack any place any time. They plan to blanket the skies of the Middle East with this lethal force.
“Iran has already used these deadly UAVs — called Shahed 136 — to attack Saudi Arabia, US targets in Iraq and civilian ships at sea, killing a Brit and a Romanian.
“Iran plans to arm its proxies in Yemen, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon with hundreds and then thousands of these deadly drones.”