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The type of drones that are small and cheap enough to make a "swarm" lack the range to cross the Taiwan Strait. They would have to be launched from a ship or larger aircraft, which are vulnerable to existing defenses. Lessons from land conflicts in Eastern Europe have very limited relevance to naval conflicts in the Indo-Pacific.


> They would have to be launched from a ship or larger aircraft, which are vulnerable to existing defenses.

What about a swarm of drone Zodiac rafts?


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