Marine anti-tank missilemen are getting attack drones for a new precision-strike role

A Marine instructor at an East Coast infantry school checks a Neros Archer drone on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Cpl. Jose Flores/US Marine Corps Anti-tank missile Marines are set to get new loitering munitions in January. The drones could let small infantry units strike targets without calling in aircraft or artillery. The Corps is also fielding new counter-drone gear and training rifle squads to use it. US Marine Corps anti-tank missilemen trained to destroy enemy armored vehicles are getting a new weapon: one-way attack drones that can hunt and strike targets far beyond the reach of their traditional missiles, a top general told reporters recently. The first Marine units are set to receive the loitering munitions in January, part of the service's broader redesign of its ground force for large-scale combat in the Pacific and for battlefields increasingly filled with drones and disrupted communications.