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Ted Cruz: “In Ukraine, a soldier with a $400 drone can destroy a 4…”

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Senator Ted Cruz Leads Senate Hearing on National Security Threats Posed by Drones

Published | Video Starts at 01:46

What starts on the battlefield never stays there. It comes home. This is the face of modern warfare. Not a tank, not a missile, but a soldier holding a drone. In Ukraine, a soldier with a $400 drone can destroy a 4 million dollar tank or a 100 million dollar fighter jet. One drone operator can do more damage than an entire infantry squad. In Ukraine, drones have become the dominant tool of war, flooding the skies, destroying expensive war equipment, targeting civilians, and overwhelming defenses. (01:46–02:00)

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Asserts that inexpensive drones can destroy expensive military equipment in Ukraine.

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