Lin-Greenberg: The Dawn of Drone Diplomacy

Unmanned Vehicles Are Upending the Arms Trade—and the Balance of Power

Erik Lin-Greenberg | Foreign Affairs

December 20, 2022

A drone in Iran

Iranian built drones now routinely puncture the skies over Kyiv. Elsewhere in Ukraine, Turkish- and American-manufactured drones help Ukrainian forces target Russian troops. These operations demonstrate the growing role of remote-controlled weapons in battle. The conflict also showcases how drone exports have increasingly become an instrument of diplomacy. 

-SSP's Erik Lin-Greenberg in Foreign Affairs

 

 

 

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