Is the US ready for ‘World War Drone’?

Back in the day, I worked on our ballistic missile defense program and marveled at the ever-advancing technologies and various real-time threats they were meant to defeat. Today, I am shocked at the almost daily improvements in drone technology and the armadas they are producing — and wonder if the United States could be on the wrong end of “World War Drone.” 

The wars in Ukraine and Iran are providing multiple forces — most especially our adversaries — with real-time results, analysis, solutions and projections. As was reported in the Military Times, “in the first week alone, the U.S. and Israel struck more than 3,000 targets across Iran while Tehran fired over 500 ballistic missiles and nearly 2,000 drones at U.S. bases and Israeli cities across 12 countries, burning through over 800 Patriot interceptor missiles in three days — more than Ukraine received from allies throughout four years of war.” 

One immediate lesson as the war against Iran goes on is that if we are using multimillion-dollar interceptor ballistic missiles to try and take down thousand-dollar drones, we are on the wrong side of the equation.  

There is hardly a week that goes by that financial channels such as CNBC and Fox Business are not reporting pending IPOs of new private drone companies. How much longer will it be before the likes........

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