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Mike Rounds: “We are behind in our application of some types of drones…”

Featuring: Mike Rounds, Republican | U.S. Senate South Dakota

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Rounds Questions Witnesses at a Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 01:29

He wrote a second book detailing the Ukrainian war and called Next War in which he identified the advanced use of drones and what they were doing. In fact, he made very clear in it that the advancements made were substantial. I think We are behind in our application of some types of drones, particularly the type 1 drones, the small, less expensive drones. and yet it is dominating the battlefield in Ukraine today. But I'd like to talk just a little bit in terms of the speed at which drones are being incorporated … (01:29–01:40)

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Asserts that the U.S. is lagging in the application of certain types of drones compared to other nations.

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