Bloomberg Surveillance · Monday, July 6, 2026
The United States is significantly behind in drone warfare capabilities, failing to learn crucial lessons from the conflict in Ukraine. According to defense lead Becca Wasser, the US military has been slow to adopt drones and is not producing them in sufficient numbers for offensive operations, which would require thousands.
“The United States is massively behind.”
“And part of that is because the US military is not learning the right lessons from Ukraine's war against Russia and its drone war.”
“The US has been slow to adopt drones into its arsenal and hasn't been focused on trying to procure or produce them at the sheer number that you would need.”