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A new report from the Center for New American Security calls for push for a low-cost drones that would provide an autonomous, lethal shield against an amphibious invasion of Taiwan by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy.<!–more–

“Given their extremely low cost, Taiwan should build large numbers of these simple systems and invest in technologies that could provide autonomous terminal guidance for contested environments,” reads the report.

Stacie Pettyjohn, one of the authors of CNAS’ report “Swarms Over the Strait,” said the drones would give the island “a layered defense of uncrewed systems and precision strike.” In addition to eliminating the time-distance problem of reinforcing Taiwan, these systems would overcome the difficulties the United States has hitting moving targets with long-range cruise missiles.

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