The report said the US retaliatory attacks will be a campaign that could last several weeks. The White House and Pentagon did not immediately respond to Sputnik's request for comment on this matter.
US President Joe Biden pinned the blame on unspecified Iran-backed militant groups, while also saying the US was still gathering the facts.
Iran has denied it was involved in the drone attack. Tehran says that resistance groups in the Middle East do not receive any instructions from Iran.
On Monday, US media reported that US President Joe Biden discussed a "significant military response" to the attack during a meeting with top US officials on Sunday. Later that day, US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that the White House was seeking to respond to the attack "in a very consequential way," but was not willing to escalate tensions in the Middle East.