CENTCOM

CENTCOM, or the United States Central Command, is a unified combatant command of the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for all U.S. military operations in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to its recent announcements and deployments of new drone forces and AI task forces, as well as its confirmed use of sea drones in combat operations.

Latest on CENTCOM

• Lessons for CENTCOM from counter-drone experiments in the Arizona desert
• The Mecca pact explained, tankers for Qatar, and CENTCOM’s new drone force
• CENTCOM launches multinational one-way attack drone force
• CENTCOM announces US-UAE task force on AI
• In first, US uses sea drones in combat in Iran strikes: CENTCOM

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