U.S. and Saudi forces engaged in the Middle East's largest live-fire exercise to counter unmanned drones and other aerial munitions through improved detection and tracking.

Newly placed U.S. Central Command leader Adm. Brad Cooper and Gen. Fayyadh bin Hamed Raqed Al-Ruwalli, chief of the general staff for the Royal Saudi Armed Forces, oversaw the exercises at the Red Sands Integrated Experimentation Center in northeastern Saudi Arabia.

"Threats posed by the proliferation of advanced drones are a pressing challenge," Cooper said Wednesday in a news release.

"Working shoulder-to-shoulder with regional partners to innovate and adapt is more critical than ever," he added.

Iran and its proxies have launched thousands of one-way attack drones and missiles that have injured and killed civilia

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