Tim Bowler
Defence expert at BBC Monitoring who provides context on the proliferation and variety of attack drones worldwide in the episode.
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Mar 13, 2026 • 11min
Drone warfare between Iran and the US
Tim Bowler, BBC Monitoring defence expert, and Bernd Debusmann Jr, BBC correspondent on geopolitics, unpack Iran’s mass drone campaign. They describe the Shahed flying bomb, why Iran favors cheap, mass-launched drones, and the costly challenges of defending against swarms. They compare tactics with Ukraine and discuss how drone stockpiles could shape the conflict’s duration.
