The LUCAS drone, or Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System, is the first of its type used by the United States on a large scale. Unlike other drones, this system carries its payload in its nose and delivers that payload by crashing directly into its target. In two separate interviews, one written in The War Zone and one aired by PBS News Hour, CERL Affiliated Faculty Member Michael Horowitz discusses how the United States developed this drone and the system’s importance for the war in Iran and future conflicts.
Michael C. Horowitz is Director of Perry World House and Richard Perry Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a member of CERL’s Affiliated Faculty. Read his bio here.
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