US weaponry proves effective in ’Operation Epic Fury’ on Iran
US weaponry proves effective in ’Operation Epic Fury’ on Iran
2026-03-02
New-generation US weaponry proved to be effective in the US-Israeli Airstrike on Iran that began on Saturday. Many weapons were deployed for the first time in history, including the black-colored Tomahawk cruise missile, as well as LUCAS drones, modeled after Iran’s Shahed-136 drone. The successful attacks proved that the US is at an advantage over its adversaries.
The US military deployed its B-2 stealth bombers, equipped with 2,000-pound bombs, to precisely strike Iran’s ballistic missile facilities. The US Central Command released several videos showcasing various strikes to date, as well as new weapons in use.
An Arleigh Burke-class destroyer launches missiles. This glossy black Tomahawk cruise missile, unlike the usual gray paint, is speculated by military experts to be an improved version designed to reduce detectability.
Su Tzu-yun
Institute for National Defense and Security Research
The new-generation Tomahawk missile has a different paintjob. It’s black. The paint probably has a stealth coating. It can absorb radar waves and convert them into heat energy, so when the radar receives the reflected waves, the signals are very weak, thus creating a stealth effect.
Apart from stealth weapons, the air strike also features mass deployment of long-range one-way attack drones by the US military.
Narrator
Monitor Pertahanen
The LUCAS is designed as a low-cost loitering munition, with its extended range capable of launch from multiple platforms. It bears similarity to Iran’s Shahed-136 drone.
The reverse-engineered LUCAS costs only US$35,000 per unit, making it especially suited for mass deployment to achieve an impactful and continuous heavy-hitting effect.
Su Tzu-yun
Institute for National Defense and Security Research
Compared to missiles, which costs in the range of millions of US dollars, it’s relatively low-cost. It can be deployed to strike low-threat targets. Iran’s Shahed series was also found to have cloned the US military’s RQ-170 Sentinel UAV. Many military bloggers describe it as a product of multiple copy-and-pastes.
In addition to drones and Tomahawk missiles, the US also deployed the HIMARS missile system for attacks and used Patriot missiles and THAAD systems for air defense to intercept Iranian missiles.
In contrast, the air defense missile interception systems adopted by Iran, made by China and Russia, failed to withstand the US-Israeli offensive, demonstrating the disparity in military strength between the US and its adversaries.
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史詩怒火行動! 美空襲伊朗首用秘密武器LUCAS無人機
2026-03-02
美國與以色列對伊朗發動大規模空襲，這回軍事行動中，美軍動用了多款新型武器，包括前所未見的黑色戰斧巡弋飛彈，以及從伊朗逆向工程仿製的無人機，這款長程攻擊型無人機，不僅成本低廉，也創下美軍在實戰中首次使用的紀錄。
美軍精銳盡出，出動B-2隱形轟炸機，攜帶2000磅炸彈，對伊朗彈道飛彈設施，精準打擊，美軍中央司令部發布多部影片，展現至今的各種行動，還有新武器。
伯克級驅逐艦發射飛彈，這枚帶有光澤的黑色戰斧巡弋飛彈，和常見的灰色塗裝不同，軍事專家推測，是為了降低可偵測性的改良版。
[[軍事專家 蘇紫雲]]
“新式戰斧飛彈，它的塗裝不同，是黑色的，可能就是塗上了匿蹤的塗料，它可以吸收雷達波，把它轉為熱能，如此雷達在接收到回波的時候，就很微弱，就產生匿蹤效果”
不只有神秘武器，美軍也首度大規模使用，長程單向攻擊無人機。
[[美國軍事媒體]]
“Lucas是一種成本低的，長程單向攻擊無人機，具備較長的航程，能夠從多種平臺發射，它的設計，和伊朗廣泛使用的，Shahed－136無人機很像”
LUCAS使用逆向工程技術，每台造價約3.5萬美金，成本低，適合大規模部署，達到壓倒性且持續不間斷的重擊效果。
[[軍事專家 蘇紫雲]]
“相較於飛彈上百萬美金來看，成本是相對低廉的，可以對一些，低威脅目標發動攻擊，伊朗的見證者系列，也有早期被發現，它是抄襲美軍的RQ-170，也就是哨兵無人機，很多的軍事部落客就形容是，複製貼上又複製貼上的產品”
除了無人機、戰斧導彈，也部署HIMARS導彈系統等進行攻擊，並且使用愛國者導彈、終端高空區域防禦系統，進行防空，攔截來襲的伊朗飛彈。
反觀伊朗採用，中國與俄羅斯產製的防空飛彈攔截系統，根本檔不住攻勢，在在見證美中軍事實力的落差。
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