The Pentagon Wants To Develop And Use Drone Swarms To Destroy Enemy Defenses

The US Pentagon is working a new 'weapon of mass destruction' that involves thousands of drones that strike by air, land and water to destroy enemy defenses. Stock photo 

Daily Mail: US Pentagon is developing a new 'weapon of mass destruction': Thousands of drones will work together to destroy enemy defenses - but experts fear humans will lose control of the 'swarms' 

* Autonomous Multi-Domain Adaptive Swarms-of-Swarms is the new project 

* DARPA has been collecting bids from suppliers for the $78 million contract 

* The US military previously tested drones to deliver medical supplies 

The US Pentagon is planning a new 'weapon of mass destruction' that involves thousands of drones that strike by air, land and water to destroy enemy defenses - but experts fear humans could lose control of the 'swarms.' 

The top-secret project, dubbed AMASS (Autonomous Multi-Domain Adaptive Swarms-of-Swarms), would represent automated warfare on an unprecedented scale. AMASS is still in the planning stages, but DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency) has been collecting bids from suppliers for the $78 million contract.  

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WNU Editor: The US has some catching-up to do .... Has China Mastered The Ability To Launch Kamikaze Swarm Drones? (December 29, 2022). 

In the movie "Angel Has Fallen" we see what a hypothetical drone swarm attack can do (see video below).