America’s drone production is in a sorry state. To rectify what has become a chronic and dangerous shortage, the Trump administration is working to dramatically boost production.There’s no time to waste.On June 2, Russia launched a massive drone and missile strike on the Ukrainian cities of Dnipro, Kharkiv, and Kyiv. Ukrainian officials said Russia “intentionally” targeted civilian infrastructure, destroying apartment buildings and killing children.
Moscow’s barbarism is despicable. But it isn’t new.
The same can’t be said for Russia’s drone production. Russia launched 656 drones and 73 missiles overnight, making the attack one of the largest aerial assaults since Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion began more than four years ago.
At the war’s beginning, some commentators claimed that a war of attrition would deplete Russia’s industrial base. Instead, the long war has fueled the drone capabilities of Russia and Ukraine alike.
In April 2026 alone, Russia launched 8,000 drone strikes against Ukraine, nearly eight times the number expended in the last few months of 2022, when the war began.
