How vast swarms of drones could transform the future of war

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Palmer Luckey says Anduril is working on AI weapons that 'give us the ability to swiftly win any war'

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Palmer Luckey, founder of Oculus and Anduril Industries, speaks during The Wall Street Journal's WSJ Tech Live conference in Laguna Beach, California on October 16, 2023.
Palmer Luckey, founder of Oculus and Anduril Industries.

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China is reportedly developing military drones that can split into 6 to overwhelm enemy defenses

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Border police carry out checks using a drone before the Chinese People's Police Day on January 8, 2024 in Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China. China will mark the Chinese People's Police Day on January 10
Chinese researchers say the new drones will give the PLA a tactical advantage.

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Iran is selling a drone called 'Gaza' that it says can carry 13 bombs and travel 1,200 miles

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This picture taken from southern Israel shows an Israeli military drone flying over the Gaza Strip.
This picture taken from southern Israel shows an Israeli military drone flying over the Gaza Strip.

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Drones have ushered in a brutal new phase of Syria's civil war

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Syrian soldiers arrange caskets during the funeral of the victims of a drone attack targeting a Syrian military academy. The October 5 attack killed 112 people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Syrian soldiers arrange caskets during the funeral of the victims of a drone attack targeting a Syrian military academy.

Super Hornet fighter jets on the deck of a US Navy aircraft carrier in the Red Sea are sporting Houthi drone kill marks

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An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the "Wildcats" of Strike Fighter Squadron 131, prepares for flight operations aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Red Sea, March 12.

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Russia lost a third of its Black Sea Fleet warships before top brass decided to take Ukraine's naval drones more seriously

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Handout footage shows smoke rising from what Ukrainian military intelligence said is the Russian Black Sea Fleet patrol ship Sergey Kotov that was damaged by Ukrainian sea drones, at sea, at a location given as off the coast of Crimea, in this still image obtained from a video released on March 5, 2024.
Handout footage shows smoke rising from what Ukrainian military intelligence said is the Russian Black Sea Fleet patrol ship Sergey Kotov that was da

US naval drones have spent 60,000 hours at sea helping the Navy spy on and defeat malicious threats in Middle Eastern waters

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An undated still image released on Oct. 6 from video taken by an Arabian Fox MAST-13 unmanned surface vessel of two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy patrol speedboats in the Strait of Hormuz.
An undated still image released on Oct. 6 from video taken by an Arabian Fox MAST-13 unmanned surface vessel of two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy patrol speedboats in the Strait of Hormuz.

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Britain shows off a laser weapon that could take out drones for as little as $13

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Footage released by the UK's Ministry of Defence shows a DragonFire laser weapon being tested in Scotland in January 2024.

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Drones are watching 'at all times' and show just how 'scary' future wars will be, says a US Army officer focused on defeating them

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A Russian armored vehicle after it's hit by a Ukrainian drone.
A Russian armored vehicle after it was hit by a Ukrainian drone.

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