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Iran’s Drone Revenge: U.S. Air Defences Unable To Stop The Swarm? I Iran-US War Day 06

| Mar 05, 2026, 09:11:02 PM | TOI.in
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Day 6 of the Iran-US war is sending new shockwaves across the region. As fighting intensifies, US officials are warning that American air defence systems may not be able to intercept many of Iran’s one-way “kamikaze” drones — a cheap but effective weapon that is rapidly reshaping the battlefield. In this episode of War Dispatch, we break down Iran’s growing reliance on Shahed-136 drone swarms, often called the “poor man’s cruise missile.” Meanwhile, tensions are escalating on multiple fronts. The United States has test-launched the nuclear-capable Minuteman III ballistic missile or the 'Doomsday missile' and Tehran’s Revolutionary Guard claims it has struck an American oil tanker in the Persian Gulf after an American submarine torpedoed and sank the Iranian frigate Iris Dena near Sri Lanka. All this and more in War Dispatch Day 6..