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Pentagon Plans To Weaponize More Drones -- FOX News
The U.S. Defense Department wants to arm more drones with lightweight, precision-guided weapons to support a larger range of combat missions.
As the war in Afghanistan ends and new threats emerge in the Asia-Pacific region, the Pentagon is considering adapting multiple weapons for drones, including the Cold War-era Hydra 70 rocket and the Laser Homing Attack or Anti-Tank Missile, or LAHAT, according to its latest report on the future of unmanned systems.
“Unmanned systems can be used in significantly different operating and threat conditions than manned platforms, come in a much wider range of classes and sizes than manned systems, can exhibit greater persistence and endurance than manned systems, and have the potential to support a large range of mission sets,” the recently released report states.
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My Comment: The Pentagon may want to weaponize more drones .... but they will have to do it with smaller budgets.
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