China’s most important asset in potential war with the United States is “mass,” says Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks: “More ships. More missiles. More people.”

To counter that advantage, the Defense Department will launch an initiative called Replicator to create cheap drones across the air, sea, and land in the “multiple thousands” within the next two years.

Cheap drones, of the type Ukraine has deployed to great effect against Russia, can be produced close to the battlefield at much lower cost than typical Defense Department weapons.

  • The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Thank goodness I was there, he thought, that guy was being sad incorrectly. The damnedest part is that he just made fun of me while I improved him for free!