In short
- President Trump signed executive orders that facilitate commercial drone regulations, which led to the concern of security experts about potential abuse.
- Experts warn that extensive drone access could increase the risk of supervision, terrorism and swarm style attacks on the American infrastructure.
- The conflict in Ukraine illustrates how cheap drones can be armed, so that alarms are collected about similar tactics used against the US
Earlier this month, President Donald Trump signed a major series of executive orders aimed at deregulation of commercial drones, flying cars and supersonic jets – a promise to restore US airspace sovereignty. “
But because the air is open to innovation, national security experts sound alarms: the drone revolution is already being armed.
From war zones in Iran and Ukraine to rebellious strikes in Africa and the Middle East, commercial drones are no longer only aids of progress-they are now cheap, very effective war weapons. The White House may see economic opportunities, but critics warn that the US is relieving limitations, just as the world enters an erome air battle era, where $ 300 drones can eliminate an aircraft of million dollars and swarm attacks, can overwhelm critical infrastructure. And worse.
Critics warn that the new policy can accelerate a global arms race in autonomous air wars – someone who is already playing with fatal effect all over the world.
Drone attacks by terrorists and rebellious groups are increasing:
- In January 2024, the Islamic resistance group of Iraq attacked an American outpost in Jordan.
- In May, RSF, a rebellious group in the Sudanese civil war, used drones to attack the airport in Sudan.
- The same month a boat with the “Gaza Freedom Coalition” was hit twice by drones off the coast of Malta and a fire started.
Ukraine, which spent more than $ 11 million on cryptocurrency donations on drones, used that technology in a daring sneak attack on 1 June when the Operation Spider Web launched, a coordinated drone attack on Russian Airbases in Murmansk, Irkutsk, Irkutsk, Irkutsk, Irkutsk,
Ukrainian armed forces used 117 modified commercial quadcopters-four-blade air drones smuggled in trucks and they accompanied them with the help of artificial intelligence and first-person view systems. The drones touched high-quality aircraft, which causes considerable damage and emphasizes the strategic potential of cheap drone warfare.
On Thursday, Israel launched a preventive strike against Iran in what Operation Rising Lion was called. In his arsenal, drones were smoked into the country by Mossad, the national intelligence service of Israel. Allegedly, Mossad agents set up a drone base near Tehran, the capital of Iran, directly under the nose of his Republican guard. The drones hit surface surface rocket throwers focused on Israel.
These Real-World examples have increasingly alerted American officials and experts.
“Nationale veiligheidsleiders van het ministerie van Defensie en het ministerie van Binnenlandse Veiligheid hebben hun bezorgdheid geuit over het potentieel voor ‘spiderweb’ in Oekraïne-stijl, zwermaanvallen op Amerikaanse bodem-laag-kosten, hoogbuigzaam aanvallen op kritieke infrastructuur zoals havens, raffinaderijen en datacenters,” Eric Brock, CEO van Ondas, een autonoom en een automeuze drues, een Autonomous Dr. Decrypt. “Public locations, such as stadiums and amusement parks, are also increasingly vulnerable, but many local agencies lack the necessary instruments or legal authority to respond effectively.”
The co-chairman of the Commercial Drone Alliance, who collaborated with the White House on making the Drone Executive Order, said Brock said that the executive orders have expanded the expansion of the flight-restricted zones, improved interagency coordination and a national drone-training center he said heeled weeping. He added that the resulting clarity investments in drone security infrastructure encouraged and enabled local agencies to adopt contra-uas technologies with more confidence.
While drones provide crucial benefits, such as disaster relief, precision agriculture and quickly medical transport, they also form upcoming risks.
“With an increased bet, an increased responsibility must come,” said Brock. “With proactive public policy and proven technology, we can build a safer, more resilient airspace while we unlock the entire economic and social potential of the drone era.”
“There are always questions and worries about drone use, partly because of how they are observed,” said Grant Jordan, CEO of Drone Detection Company Skysafe, said Decrypt. “When an average person sees a drone in the air, the greatest concern is not knowing the goal or who operates it. They are remote, unlike traditional planes such as helicopters, where it is clear at a glance that it is a police helicopter.”
While Airspace Link was one of the developers who was consulted by the White House on the Drone Executive Order, CEO refused to give Michael Healander comments on the question of whether recent events such as Ukraine’s Operation SpiderWeb were part of the conversation.
“What I can say is that the executive orders are clearly a reflection of a concept that drone technology transforms both commercial activities and modern conflict,” he said.
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