{"id":246343,"date":"2026-07-14T18:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/us-military-sent-explosive-drone-boats-into-combat-for-the-first-time\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T18:00:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:00:01","slug":"us-military-sent-explosive-drone-boats-into-combat-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/us-military-sent-explosive-drone-boats-into-combat-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"US military sent explosive drone boats into combat for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>For the first time in its history, the US military sent explosive-laden drone boats into combat by attacking an Iranian midget submarine and naval port. The unprecedented use of such kamikaze sea drones by the United States comes nearly a decade after Iranian and Houthi forces first demonstrated such weapons.<\/p>\n<p>The US military shared a video showing three \u201cone-way attack surface drones\u201d exploding after approaching an Iranian midget submarine and ship maintenance facility at Iran\u2019s Bandar Abbas Naval Base on the night of July 12. US Central Command, the US military combat command responsible for Middle East operations, described the strikes in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2076679617440530442\">social media post<\/a> as the \u201cfirst time American forces have employed sea drones in combat operations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The US drone boats were able to \u201cmake a low-speed, uncontested approach\u201d to their targets before exploding, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/2026\/07\/13\/video-3-lethal-u-s-drones-attack-iranian-sub-port-facility\">USNI News<\/a>, a news service from the nonprofit US Naval Institute. USNI News also identified one of the targets as an Iranian Ghadir-class midget submarine that was out of the water while being suspended from a gantry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/ai\/2026\/07\/us-military-sent-explosive-drone-boats-into-combat-for-the-first-time\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/ai\/2026\/07\/us-military-sent-explosive-drone-boats-into-combat-for-the-first-time\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in its history, the US military sent explosive-laden drone boats into combat by attacking an Iranian midget submarine and naval port. The unprecedented use of such kamikaze sea drones by the United States comes nearly a decade after Iranian and Houthi forces first demonstrated such weapons. 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