NYTIMES (Sharon Weinberger) - How Silicon Valley Fell Back in Love With Bombs
Silicon Valley was never pacifist; it just followed the customers.
NYTIMES (Andrew E. Kramer) - Political Turmoil Will Not Derail Killer Robot Program, Former Minister Says
The recently ousted Ukrainian defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, an advocate for drone and robot warfare, says Ukraine’s tech-heavy strategy will persist.
JUSTTHENEWS (Steven Richards) - Zelensky draws an ace: Ukraine’s attack drones and the new strategies dominating modern warfare
The warming of relations between Washington and Kyiv has coincided with Ukraine’s development of a powerhouse drone industry and promises to invest in production in the United States.
AMERICANGREATNESS (Raw Egg Nationalist) - Drone’s Eye View: The Spread of the Latest Ukrainian Tech to the Mexican Cartels Needs to Be Taken Seriously
An unjammable fiber-optic kamikaze drone—a drone you fly directly into a target to kill it—was recently discovered in a cartel compound, 500 miles from the […] Source
NPR (The Associated Press) - Japan approves scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports
The approval clears a final set of hurdles for Japan's postwar arms sales and facilitate its future sale of weapons such as a next-generation fighter jet and combat drones.
REDSTATE (Ward Clark) - The New Bullfrog M2 Turns Expensive Drone Threats Into $10 Taxpayer Wins
ABCNEWS - Zelenskyy says Ukraine awaits White House sign-off on US drone production deal
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is awaiting White House approval for a major drone production agreement proposed by Kyiv last year
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Having the best drones won't determine winner of next war: Tandem Defense CEO
"The next war isn't going to depend on who has the best drones, it's going to depend on who can adapt," Andrew Valkenburg, CEO of Tandem Defense, tells "Jesse Weber Live." MORE: https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/military/us-iran-drone-warfare-hal-kempfer/
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - ‘I’m actually surprised we haven't had a terrorist attack’ with drones: Lt. Col. Hal Kempfer
“We’re going to have to change the way we think about drones and the threat they pose,” Lt. Col Hal Kempfer tells “Jesse Weber Live.”
NYTIMES (Max Bearak and Simón Posada) - How $600 Drones Are Outsmarting Colombia’s Billion-Dollar Military
Security officials say easy access by guerrilla groups to commercial drones, cheaply modified into deadly weapons, has put the nation’s army on its heels.