How The US Military Is Countering The Rise Of Enemy Drones

The U.S. has been using drones for years, but now that technology has become more available to other nations how will the U.S. protect itself?

Also Read: A Navy F/A-18 Flew Low Over Berkeley, California And People Lost Their Minds

Vice News’ Ryan Faith discusses what the U.S. is doing to counter drones:

Earlier this year, VICE News was one of the first media outlets ever granted access to the US military’s annual Black Dart exercise, a decade-old joint exercise that focuses on detecting, countering, and defeating UAVs.As we watched tens of millions of dollars worth of military equipment go up against $1,000 drones, Black Dart demonstrated the way rapidly evolving drone technology is challenging the military’s most basic assumptions about controlling the air. (One civilian drone maker we visited told us that the technology he has at his fingertips is outpacing some RD efforts at big aerospace contractors.) And so Black Dart continues to encourage innovation in the effort to keep the US military one step ahead in the cat-and-mouse game between drones and drone killers.

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The U.S. has been using drones for years, but now that technology has become more available to other nations how will the U.S. protect itself? Also Read: A Navy F/A-18 Flew Low Over Berkeley, California And People Lost Their Minds Vice News’ Ryan Faith discusses what the U.S. is doing to counter drones: Earlier this year, […]

How The US Military Is Countering The Rise Of Enemy Drones

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