How many drones were used by the UAV fleet of Iraq ?
In October 2002 , a few days before the US Senate vote on the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution , about 75 senators were told in closed session that the Iraqi government had the means of delivering biological and chemical weapons of mass destruction by unmanned aerial vehicle ( UAV ) drones that could be launched from ships off the US ' Atlantic coast to attack US eastern seaboard cities .