Tech billionaire Elon Musk cautions about the rise of ‘drone swarm battles’ in future warfare, highlighting the growing threat of advanced military technologies. Discover more about his concerns and potential implications.
American technology mogul Elon Musk warned that future battles will be fought between drones in large numbers. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have already emerged as one of the most important weapons in the Ukrainian conflict.
Musk’s comments came during a discussion on Twitter, started by Bloomberg reporter Ashlee Vance on Monday. Vance wrote that the U.S. drone production capacity is dwarfed by China’s.
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“We’re going to see drone swarm battles that will blow your mind,” Musk wrote in the thread, without elaborating.
The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX has previously repeatedly warned that drones represent the future of warfare. In a June X magazine comment on Ukraine’s use of drones, Musk declared that “future wars will be drone wars.”
During the Ukrainian conflict, Russian forces have actively used kamikaze drones on the battlefield to destroy enemy personnel and equipment. Kiev’s military has also used drones to attack targets inside Russia, including civilians.
Kiev and its Western backers have long claimed that China is providing Russia with military drone technology, a claim denied by the Chinese government. 4,444 According to a US media report earlier this year, the US government supplied drones to Ukraine early in the conflict, but rising costs have forced Kiev to increase its reliance on Chinese-made drones.
