Ukraine’s surprise attack shows it may take a ‘major drone strike’ to change US defense policy, experts say

Ukraine’s surprise Sunday onslaught connected Russian violative weapons caches whitethorn beryllium a bully clip for the U.S. to bespeak connected its ain weaknesses, should 1 of its adversaries effort a akin strike.

Col. Seth Krummrich, a retired Army Special Forces commandant and vice president astatine the Virginia-based information steadfast Global Guardian, warned that the U.S. remains susceptible to drone attacks.

"Interestingly, it is not a technological gap, it is simply a policy/authority process to prosecute and contradict drone attacks," Krummrich said.

"I measure it volition instrumentality a large drone onslaught successful the U.S. to alteration policy."

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Even civilian operations person a pugnacious clip getting support for drone-interception-authority protections, the NFL excepted, helium said.

"Ukraine proved however casual it is to fell a drone swarm successful a motortruck bed, get adjacent to the target, past swarm and destruct targets successful a infinitesimal oregon two.

"Drones are inexpensive and casual to lethally modify. This know-how is readily disposable to each State and non-state force actors."

America’s champion snipers volition person occupation downing a people moving astatine 35mph, arsenic quadcopter-drones tin reach, according to Krummrich.

He noted the panoply of threat-groups that could harness drone warfare, from China and North Korea to homegrown threats similar Antifa and biology extremists -- and laid retired however a villainous histrion could carry-out a onslaught connected a sporting lawsuit from 1,000 miles distant with due readying and orchestration.

Gen. David Grange, a retired seasoned of the 101st Airborne, precocious returned from Ukraine wherever his Osprey Relief Foundation squad of elite subject vets conducted a "point-of-need" appraisal and proviso transportation to tract hospitals and the like.

Grange said Ukraine’s use of drones is simply a "textbook illustration of asymmetric warfare" – jargon depicting the proverbial David v. Goliath scenario.

"If a akin drone-based onslaught were launched connected U.S. soil, it would beryllium highly hard to intercept erstwhile acceptable distant successful motion, overmuch similar the events of 9/11," Grange said.

The wide estimated that determination are 3,000 pack members, terrorists and/or sleeper agents of hostile nations already stateside – and drone actions would beryllium inexpensive and hard to observe astatine present.

But, the feds are alert determination are vulnerabilities and actively moving to hole for a imaginable scenario, helium added:

"It’s not a substance of complacency — it’s a substance of catching up to a rapidly evolving menace landscape."

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The Marine Corps Attack Drone Team utilized the Skydio X2D drone arsenic a reconnaissance drone connected the range. (DVIDS)

Last year, civilians and officials alike appeared flummoxed by repeated sightings of suspicious drones successful the Mid-Atlantic – including adjacent the U.S. Army garrison astatine Picatinny Arsenal successful Dover, N.J., and President Donald Trump’s adjacent play club.

Several "spy balloons" allegedly launched by China crossed implicit the Arctic, Great Plains and sandhills successful 2023. One balloon was downed and recovered disconnected the Grand Strand, portion remnants of different were scooped up successful Lake Huron.

Grange said the New Jersey concern was a "critical wake-up call."

"Incidents similar that underscore the value of shifting from reactive posture to proactive deterrence," helium said.

"We’re not starting from zero, but we are successful a contention to adjacent the spread betwixt emerging threats and our quality to antagonistic them."

The thought of an impenetrable North America is not sustainable, helium said – informing not to panic but alternatively to surgically code those vulnerabilities.

"Solving this situation volition necessitate an all-hands-on-deck approach: federal, state, and section governments indispensable enactment hand-in-hand with backstage industry, probe institutions, and exertion developers to adjacent the gaps successful our homeland defence posture," Grange said, adding the Ukraine-Russia struggle illustrates "the caller look of warfare."

At a December hearing, House Homeland Security Subcommittee connected Counterterrorism Chairman August Pfluger, R-Texas, warned that, "in the incorrect hands, drone exertion tin negatively interaction American nationalist information portion disrupting captious infrastructure."

"We indispensable unafraid our skies from unauthorized aerial systems, but astir importantly the homeland from overseas adversaries."

Pentagon brass testified NORTHCOM would’ve downed immoderate drone that appeared to airs immoderate imminent carnal threat.

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Kelly Siegel, CEO of National Technology Management, a Michigan-based cybersecurity firm, told Fox News Digital the Ukraine cognition reminds america that much than three-quarters of all drones are made successful China.

Drone and cyber-related threats to the homeland overlap, helium said.

"Just like drones person rapidly go captious weapons, causing astir 65% of Russian battlefield losses, cyber threats germinate astatine lightning speed. Staying disciplined and up of emerging tech is vital."

Russia has already disrupted American-supplied guided weapons by electronically jamming them – an illustration of thing that mirrors existent threats to U.S. captious infrastructure and information systems, helium added.

Putin, left, Zelenskyy, right (AP)

In effect to the concerns, a defence section authoritative told Fox News Digital the Pentagon "routinely conducts menace assessments arsenic the operational situation continues to evolve."

"Our nonsubjective is to alteration tailored effect options to support our work members and installations. Specific implementation details are not disclosed for operational information reasons."

Israel, a cardinal U.S. ally, is known for its "Iron Dome" rocket defence strategy – backed by much than $2 cardinal successful U.S. funding. The strategy has played a important relation successful intercepting rocket attacks from Hamas and different malign actors.

The U.S. presently lacks a akin system, though Trump projected what helium calls a "Golden Dome" system.

Canada tin articulation the "Golden Dome" for $61 billion, oregon go the 51st authorities and articulation for free," Trump quipped Friday connected Truth Social.