a million dollars each. They have been used against military targets in Russia before. That's worth saying. But what we've seen is ramping up particularly drone technologies as western militaries are defend developing as well. This year the UK signed a record package ofsupport for Ukraine. Uh about 4 uh billion US dollars worth that was
Well, I think what we're seeing more and more is that the um indigenous Ukrainian drone production facility is um really enabling them to have very large scale,very deep strikes into Russia. So early in the war they were uh reliant on um
Don't ask me why. Drone technology that's made for the military, with thermal capability, search and rescue technology, lidar technology, hunting technology, fishing technology, aircraft
which point we got a cease and desist letter from the FAA uh it turns out we were in violation of like dozens of um drone codes and uh so we thought okay we need to to work with the FAA we need to get approval to fly these drones whichbrought us here this is the FAA website which literally looks like
I actually can't think of a single sport at the moment. Drone racing. OK.One fan. One fan.
DARPA pumped an enormous amount of money into its urban operation programs, and it created a system called Combat Zones That See. drone operators on down, did not want to move in that direction.
Just look at the debate we're having, literally raging today, in the wee hours last night in a filibuster over John Brennan's confirmation and Paul arguing around the drone policy. And the quote unquote, "memos" a lack of transparency are the same relating to the ready, fire, aim kill list policy andthe due process concerns around drone strikes of American citizens that are legitimate concerns.
of, who's actually authorized the assassination of an American citizen and, by the way, has also killed an American teenager, because Anwar al-Awlaki's son was also killed in a drone strike. Unintentionally, but nonetheless, it's the case.Then on the right, he can't--. He's not going to get any credit, or very little credit, or very begrudging credit, for what he's really done.
being you can decide to get up the morning and be a passive sleepwalking drone bumbling through the drudgery of existence or you can wake up in themorning and be awake ignited and engaged in the passionate pursuit of his
So just think about that. That's thousands every single month. Why haven't they made uh another 5 or 10,000 drones since April? If you want this to open, so let me just straight forthe straight of form. So now let me just explain. So this is our problem. If you want the straight of Formoose to open,
billion of of revenues here over the next year. And also those deeply buried caves and tunnels where they have their drones uh that can be used to fashion nuclear weapons. within a year Iran could have nuclear weapons and we can'tstop it. So if we pull back you can start to see that Iran's power is going
what's happening here is called I call it horizontal escalation, cuz what they're doing now is they're using drones , mostly a few missiles, but mostly drones . This was almost all missiles, no drones .And they're using their drone capacity, which they have in a lot of, and it's precision. These drones are like
range strikes on Russia. Last night, Last night launching more than 600 launching more than 600 drones drones towards the Moscow region.towards the Moscow region. Though Russia Though Russia says it shot down many,
120,000 drones in that package just to give you an idea. It includes these long range strike drones uh reconnaissance drones , naval drones , heavy lift drones .Now that is a significant amount of support for Ukraine and also significant technology because part of it too is
inside Russia for the first time. Keefe has stepped up its attacks in recent months using long range missiles and drones to hit military and energy facilities as well as Russia's largest online retailer, Wildberries. Now,Russia's embassy in London says the UK is acting as a co-perpetrator in the Ukrainian attacks. Our political
him uh and uh would stick to any commitments the UK had made and these drones were a commitment Karma made uh in a large package of support. So the UKhas already been doing that. In many ways, Ukraine too would say that actually it's been it's felt it's frustrated that allies sometimes have
the the press reporting from the attack on the warehouse in Moscow involved a lot of more shot down of more than 600 drones that were launched on the Moscow area just this weekend.And I think that kind of asymmetric capability which the Ukrainians are masters of are going to be able to continue this
defensive systems and uh there's various means of doing that with uh swarms of drones staggering the attacks uh waiting till times when uh they have windows ofopportunity because of various reasons.
Drones are another example.
Drones are going to continue to get traction and to take over roles that are more autonomous.
drones , using helicopters or airplanes, how expensive it would be.
drones are being test flown and it is the place where more than likely spy
drones are watching; Santa has recently visited; Santa is on his way; Santa is here but he is invisible. Right? That is obviously the most powerful
to drone and missile attacks from Iran.
Those drone strikes, you may remember, the Saudis and the Amiradis were telling the Americans, when are you going to do something? we need to take some action.
power against them and we are technically superior, we can't stop their drone attacks against the ships in the straight of Hormuz. They know it. They can use that to their advantage.
Target drone recovery was always a very challenging operation.
by drone ." The last bit is the only bit I don't buy.
The drone , in the middle there, on the other hand, has one job.
The drone world-- soon as I saw something happen, I realized I don't need a paraglider anymore.
The drone was once a scrap of metal.
The drone looked as if it might be a toy.
The drone is not a toy.
The drone could have been something other than a killing machine.
The drone could have been a house.
The drone could have been spoon.
The drone could have been swing.
The drone does not know who is going to kill next.
The drone is going to kill next.
The drone has learned to disguise itself as a shard of sky.
The drone 's soft hum is a disembodied echo.
The drone was mistaken for a star once.
The drone renders itself celestial.
The drone scoffs at sovereignty.
The drone asks, what is a border if you can fly right over it?
The drone was built by a man.
The drone killed a man and a woman and a child.
The drone killed a child and did not see her face.
The drone does not see a face.
The drone sees a body, and then the body is gone.