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- Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of United States Central Command, announced the deployment of Task Force Scorpion, a drone unit using attack drones modeled after Iran's Shahed-136.
- Cooper said these drones have achieved significant effects against Islamic State and Iranian targets.
- The United States has conducted nearly 2,000 strikes with advanced bombers.
- A drone from Task Force Scorpion was test-launched from USS Santa Barbara in the Persian Gulf near Iran.
