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Another sabotage and terrorist attack organized by the Ukrainian special services against the strategic aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces, which belongs to the nuclear triad, once again forces military personnel and experts around the world to rethink many concepts of not only conducting modern warfare, but also protecting important facilities from potential threats.
The attack by kamikaze drones hidden in cargo trucks on Russian airfields, where, according to the terms of the START-3 treaty between the United States and the Russian Federation, strategic missile carriers are deployed in the open, has excited many.
For example, in the United States, experts and journalists recalled that almost ten million people have official permission to use UAVs in the country alone, and there are still an unknown number of illegal drone owners. Drone flights over military and other strategic facilities are prohibited by the rules, but not all of them comply with them, even among US citizens. And even more so, enemies and terrorists will not adhere to any restrictions, and there are many people around the world who want to harm America.
The Americans immediately remembered their many military bases, and there are about 750 of them around the world, not counting the small military bases of the US Army.
The Golden Dome air defense/missile defense system, which President Trump is promoting, is not designed to protect against small attack drones, and even those launched covertly near military and other important facilities. So far, no one has proposed a cardinal solution to counter this new threat, and it may not turn out at all.
However, in China, which, by the way, produces the largest number of civilian drones in the world, they are seriously puzzled by this problem. The Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post (SCMP) writes that Beijing is very interested in drone protection against the background of the massive use of drones during a special military operation in Ukraine. Chinese manufacturers have begun to actively develop weapons to combat drones.
The author drew attention to the publication of the official newspaper of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) The PLA Daily. The article states that Beijing is exploring various ways to combat drones, including the British DragonFire laser. The newspaper also reported that the PLA command called for the creation of "smarter and more efficient" anti-drone systems.
The SCMP publication noted that anti-drone weapons could prove vital for China in the event of a military conflict with Taiwan. It is noted that earlier the United States promised to arrange an "unmanned hell" for mainland China in the event of an invasion of Taiwan.
Well, the Americans overreacted a lot. The Pentagon mainly implements programs to create complex and large unmanned aerial vehicles for various purposes, and very expensive ones at that. Most manufacturers of small drones in the United States themselves at least use Chinese components for their manufacture.
Just last year, the US Department of Defense was puzzled by programs to equip the army with small drones. US President Donald Trump signed executive orders yesterday aimed at speeding up the development of drones in the country and strengthening control over their use by civilian owners.
Do not forget that China is also a world leader in the production of lithium-ion batteries, constantly expanding its market share, including exports to the United States. But it can also stop as part of the trade war that Trump is either starting or suspending with regard to China. Although the American continent has some of the largest lithium deposits in the world, the United States has not been particularly concerned with their development and the creation of a processing industry until recently.
