March 9, 2025, 2:32 p.m.
The Ukraine War awakened a drone army. When will they hit our skies?
The Conspiracy Report
U.S. citizens have the right to own guns.
The U.S. Constitution states, "a well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed."
But are some guns a danger to society because they're too deadly?
Not according to the law.
As it stands, you can own a tank with a working cannon if you get the right permits. They're not easy permits to get, but it's legal. A weapon's level of lethal power is not factored into ownership laws at the moment.
Of course, no one is causing havoc in our schools with M1 Abrams tanks. The gun debate raging in the United States is focused on AR 15 assault rifles. These are popular among gun owners – around 3 million a year are sold.
Most gun-related murders are committed with handguns, but the deadliest mass shootings involve this semi-automatic rifle. They're designed for military combat. They fire high-velocity rounds that travel 3,000 miles a second, and hold at least 30 rounds a clip, firing as fast as you can pull the trigger.
Those in favor of gun control ask an obvious question: do private citizens really need military-grade firepower?
The National Rifle Association gives an adamant yes to that question. In their view, the second amendment isn't just about owning a gun. It's about the freedom to assemble an armed militia.
And one key purpose of a militia – according to the Founding Fathers – is to provide a check against Federal power. If private citizens are meant to defend against government overreach, it just might take an AR-15 to make a stand against an oppressive U.S. army.
AR-15's might be overkill for hunting deer, but if you and your neighbors are fighting a platoon of evil marines, they make more sense.
Except maybe not anymore. The armies of the world have evolved. A private militia today might not face troops on the ground. Instead, they could find a new horror from the sky.
The Ukraine war started out looking like a conventional fight, with Russia amassing 200,000 troops and thousands of tanks for their ground invasion. But over the last three years of war, the supply of traditional artillery shells and armored vehicles has dwindled.
Necessity has given birth to new, more efficient weapons that attack remotely from above.
Both sides now conduct near-daily aerial assaults using attack drones. At first, they were huge craft that cost millions to make. But this month, Ukraine advanced the tech, unleashing millions of compact drones as small as 8 inches long.
These new drones cost as little as $300 and can be 3D printed at scale. The future of warfare has arrived, and it’s being unleashed as we speak.
Too small to carry missiles, these drones are used in kamikaze missions. Despite their size, if targeted correctly, they can destroy a tank. According to Ukraine's Minister of Digitisation Mykhailo Fedorov, the country now produces over 1.5 million drones annually.
The plan is to make them available to other countries. "This will become a new sphere for our economy," Mr Mykhailo Fedorov told The NY Post. "Exporting abroad could become the basis for win-win relations with other countries."
They are frighteningly easy to produce. According to Eddie Etue, a U.S. Marine veteran who fought with the Ukraine Foreign Legion, "you just need a 3D printer, filament, and the STL file." On a recent Tuesday night alone, Moscow claimed to have shot down 130 of them.
What happens when this technology makes it back to the United States? Will U.S. law enforcement use drones in its arsenal? Well, we can answer that question right now.
Because they already are.
As of 2022, over 1,000 local police departments in the United States have integrated drones into their operations. There are nearly 4,000 police robots in the sky patrolling the citizens of our country.
Combined with the Federal government, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) projects that by 2025, public safety agencies will utilize over 30,000 drones.
Today, these drones are used for reconnaissance and tactical support. They are focused entirely on surveillance, equipped with cameras, thermal imaging, and maybe loudspeakers or spotlights. But not with weaponry.
For now.
Sources:
https://uavcoach.com/police-drones
https://dronecenter.bard.edu/files/2020/04/CSD-Public-Safety-Drones-3rd-edition.pdf