PARIS — By stepping up long-range drone strikes against Gulf countries, Iran is exploiting the inadequacy of their defenses against the low-cost threat in a bid to pressure the United States to end the war, analysts said. Since the operation began on Saturday, “Iran has primarily used ballistic missiles to attack Israel, but has relied on drones to attack Gulf countries”, according to the think tanks Institute for the Study of War and the American Enterprise Institute’s Critical Threats Project. Israel’s army said late Sunday that it was targeted by more than 50 drones “launched from Iran”. The Gulf countries, […]... Keep on reading: Gulf defenses unprepared for Iranian drones, analysts say