All about Shahed-136: Iran’s deadly kamikaze drone

Dubai’s skyline. A low-cost drone. A new era of warfare. The Shahed-136 is Iran’s “kamikaze” drone reshaping modern air combat. With a range of up to 2,000 km and designed for mass deployment, it forces air defence systems to fire million-dollar missiles to stop it. In this video, we explain: • How the Shahed-136 works • Why it’s so hard to intercept • Its use in Ukraine and the West Asia • The US response with the LUCAS drone • How cheap drones are changing battlefield economics Subscribe to Business Standard for sharp, in-depth global security analysis.