{"id":30662,"date":"2024-01-29T21:29:47","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T21:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2024\/01\/29\/fatal-drone-attack-similar-to-recent-incidents-in-iraq-and-syria\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:41:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:41:34","slug":"fatal-drone-attack-similar-to-recent-incidents-in-iraq-and-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2024\/01\/29\/fatal-drone-attack-similar-to-recent-incidents-in-iraq-and-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatal drone attack similar to recent incidents in Iraq and Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There was \u201cnothing new\u201d about the way in which an airborne drone attacked U.S. troops in Jordan on Sunday<\/a>, killing three U.S. soldiers, a Pentagon spokeswoman told reporters on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But while the attack bore similarities to dozens of recent strikes against U.S. bases in the region since October, it remained unclear precisely why Sunday\u2019s attack was successful when prior attacks were either shot down or landed away from populated areas of American bases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. Central Command is investigating exactly what happened, Sabrina Singh said, and she declined to confirm or deny media reports<\/a> that the drone used in the attack was mistaken for a U.S. drone that had been airborne at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pentagon believes it\u2019s possible that the more than 160 similar attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria in recent months also intended to kill, even if they previously had not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUnfortunately, this attack was successful,\u201d Singh said of Sunday\u2019s attack on the base known as Tower 22 on the Jordan-Syria border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That attack drone struck a housing building early in the morning, Singh said, which helps explain why it caused so many casualties, including the deaths of three soldiers assigned to a Georgia-based Reserve unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\t