Iraqi resistance fighters have carried out drone strikes on Camp Victory, a US military installation near Baghdad International Airport, using fiber-optic FPV drones — a technology that renders standard jamming equipment largely useless.
Abbas Juma, a journalist who covers Middle Eastern affairs, told Russian news agency TASS that the attacks represent a meaningful change from what has been seen so far in the conflict. What stands out, he said, is that these are not Iranian forces conducting the strikes. Iraqi resistance groups have acquired and are now independently operating the technology themselves.
Fiber-optic drones differ from conventional models in one critical way. Rather than relying on radio signals that can be jammed or disrupted, they are guided through a physical cable. That single difference makes them considerably harder to counter, and US bases in the region were not built with that threat in mind.
Juma also spoke at length about how Iran got to this point. Over several years, Tehran watched closely as drone warfare played out on the battlefields of Ukraine and drew its own conclusions. Those lessons fed directly into Iran’s weapons development programs. Today, Iran’s drone stockpile is believed to run into the tens of thousands — large enough to keep its forces and allied groups supplied and operational for the foreseeable future.
The war began February 28, when the United States and Israel struck Iran simultaneously, hitting Tehran and other cities. Washington said the strikes were necessary given Iran’s advancing missile and nuclear programs. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard responded by targeting Israel and striking American bases across the Gulf — installations in Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE were all hit.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the early strikes, along with other senior members of the Iranian leadership.
Three weeks on, there is no sign the fighting is winding down. The appearance of fiber-optic drones in Iraq is one more indication that resistance groups are actively refining their methods — and that the pressure on US forces in the region is not letting up.
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