FOREIGN DRONES COMPLICATE MARITIME AIR DEFENSE

摘要

On board the USS George H. W. Hush (CVN-77) in the summer of 2014, I was the exec-utive officer of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 70 as we steamed through the Strait of Hormuz. I stood amazed as an Ira- nian drone* circled lazily overhead. Decidedly low-tech, the unmanned aerial vehicle had managed to get into the heavily monitored and controlled airspace above the aircraft carrier and its air defense escort ships.