The United States used multiple deadly weapons during Operation Epic Fury against Iran on Saturday. The strikes targeted Iranian military infrastructure, including missile facilities, naval bases, and the office of Ali Khamenei.
The Pentagon used artificial intelligence services from Anthropic, including its Claude tools, during its attack on Iran, Reuters reported on Sunday citing a source familiar with the situation.
The use came shortly after US officials classified Anthropic as a "supply chain risk" - a designation more commonly associated with companies linked to foreign adversaries. As per Reuters, it could not determine how the tools were used in the war effort.
President Trump also said that he is directing the government to stop work with Anthropic. He called the company’s leadership "left wing nut jobs". Trump added that there would be a six-month phase-out for the Defense Department and other agencies that use the company's products.
As per the report, the US also brought in B-2 stealth bombers to strike at hardened, underground Iranian missile facilities with 2,000-pound bombs. The same bombers were used in June 2025 to carry out strikes in Iran.
Reuters mentioned that the US military said it used suicide drones that appear identical, based on photos released by the Pentagon, to the new LUCAS (Low-Cost Unmanned Combat Attack System) manufactured by Phoenix, Arizona-based Spektreworks, however, the company did not respond to requests for comment.
CENTCOM deployed one-way attack drones patterned after Iran’s Shahed drones, according to a statement from the Pentagon.
Meanwhile, US Central Command published images and video clips highlighting the role of F/A-18 and F-35 fighter jets in carrying out the strikes targeting sites in Iran.
(With Agency Inputs)