The advent of cheap drones is transforming warfare globally. Not long ago drones were an expensive tool available only to a few states. Now versions are being developed and used by small states as well as militant groups.

This relates not just to diffusion of technical capacity but also the emergence of China as a global manufacturing power capable of supplying the requisite parts cheaply for various military applications. Expensive defense industries may simply be bankrupted by smaller powers brandishing huge numbers of cheap drones and loitering munitions.

The advent of cheap drones is transforming warfare globally. Not long ago drones were an expensive tool available only to a few states. Now versions are being developed and used by small states as well as militant groups.

This relates not just to diffusion of technical capacity but also the emergence of China as a global manufacturing power capable of supplying the requisite parts cheaply for various military applications. Expensive defense industries may simply be bankrupted by smaller powers brandishing huge numbers of cheap drones and loitering munitions. https://thebulletin.org/2023/11/threat-in-the-sky-how-cheap-drones-are-changing-warfare/

yes china but also you can 3d print drones pretty easily. afaik it’s these locally manufactured ones being used across wars and no chinese aka dji… so no sanctions/cargo monitoring/supply chain controls work. its not just in the air, the ukrainian submersibles which hit ruski vessels were built from jetskis

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yes china but also you can 3d print drones pretty easily. afaik it’s these locally manufactured ones being used across wars and no chinese aka dji… so no sanctions/cargo monitoring/supply chain controls work. its not just in the air, the ukrainian submersibles which hit ruski vessels were built from jetskis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlBkeJ75j_s