Opinion: AI complacency is compromising Western defense
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Iranian drones are easy to destroy using existing Western systems, the costs are prohibitive – ranging
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produces a cost-competitive anti-drone system – though several U.S. and Ukrainian startups are developing them now.
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Ukraine Just as the West has been forced into confrontation with Russia and China, military conflicts have revealed major systemic weaknesses in the U.S. and European militaries and their defense-industrial bases. These problems stem from fundamental technology trends. In Ukraine, expensive manned systems such as tanks, combat aircraft, and warships
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