Drone warfare: what can we learn from the US-Iran conflict?
The US has lost or damaged 42 aircraft during the Iran War as the defence costs of the Iran War rose to £25 billion, according to a congressional report.
To discuss the topic in depth, Iain Dale is joined by Colonel Simon Diggins, Former British Army officer - who is now a defence and security analyst and also a contributing editor of the Defence on the Brink campaign group.
The report comes just days after Jules W. Hurst III, Acting Pentagon Comptroller, confirmed that the defence costs of the operations in Iran had risen to $29 billion.
Three of the fighter jets downed by friendly fire over Kuwait were reported to have incurred costs of around $300 million in damage alone.
This comes as concerns grow about the spiralling costs of the conflict in the gulf - despite the US claiming to have ceased all combat operations - and the cost on the average household continues to rise due to the conflict's impact on energy and oil.
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