An American F‑35C just shot down an Iranian Shahed drone near the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea — and the timing could not be more explosive. As war drums beat louder, Iran’s low‑cost, high‑impact drone arsenal is testing U.S. carrier groups and regional red lines like never before. Is Tehran quietly rewriting modern warfare with Shahed‑139, Shahed‑129 and Mohajer‑10 style platforms, while Washington scrambles to respond?