Blood from a drone: Iran’s deadly arsenal

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Iran continues to retaliate against attacks with ferocity. Though many of its ballistic missile facilities have been razed, its vast drone armoury is powerful and destructive. Who will benefit from India’s boom in data centres? And why giant board games are not child’s play. 


Guests and host:

  • Shashank Joshi, defence editor
  • Gavin Jackson, South Asia business and finance correspondent
  • Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
  • Jason Palmer, co-host of “The intelligence”


Topics covered: 

  • Iran, America, Shahed drones, Geran, Ukraine, Zelenksy
  • India, data centres, Amazon, Meta, Google, Nvidia
  • Monopoly, board games, toys, kidults



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Iran continues to retaliate against attacks with ferocity. Though many of its ballistic missile facilities have been razed, its vast drone armoury is powerful and destructive. Who will benefit from India’s boom in data centres? And why giant board games are not child’s play. 


Guests and host:

  • Shashank Joshi, defence editor
  • Gavin Jackson, South Asia business and finance correspondent
  • Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”
  • Jason Palmer, co-host of “The intelligence”


Topics covered: 

  • Iran, America, Shahed drones, Geran, Ukraine, Zelenksy
  • India, data centres, Amazon, Meta, Google, Nvidia
  • Monopoly, board games, toys, kidults



Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—Subscribe to Economist Podcasts+


For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2026-03-12 21 min
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