The Pentagon Is Learning Drone Warfare From Ukraine

Ukrainian pilots of the 116th Mechanized Brigade practice flights on FPV drones in the Kupiansk direction. (Photo by Arsen Dzodzaiev/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

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A drone costing a few hundred dollars can kill a tank worth millions. A cluster of them, smuggled inside cargo containers, can destroy a strategic bomber. Ukraine turned that reality into a way of war. Now the Pentagon is sending people to learn how.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told senators this week that American military personnel have been deployed to Ukraine to study how drones are being used in combat.

The Pentagon Is Learning Drone Warfare From Ukraine

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