๐บ๐ธ๏ธ The USA lags significantly behind Russia and Ukraine in terms of the production of military drones.
- Bloomberg reports.
While the Pentagon is buying drones by the thousands, Russia and China are already capable of producing them by the millions. American manufacturers are held back by supply chain problems, the rapidly evolving demands of warfare, and the Pentagon's own procurement system โ which has historically focused on expensive aircraft, ships and other large-scale weapons.
"We are basically starting from scratch."
- thanked Travis Metz, head of the Pentagon's defense innovation efforts.