The US Department of Defense has deployed representatives to Ukraine to study drone combat and apply battlefield lessons for American military operations.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth disclosed the strategy during a Senate committee hearing in mid-May after Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell described Ukraine as the “Silicon Valley of warfare” and asked whether Pentagon officials should travel there to gain operational experience.
“I’ve personally approved additional personnel there to learn from that drone battlefield, both on offense and defense to ensure that we’re learning every possible lesson from that conflict and incorporating it in real time into how we defend,” the Pentagon chief stated.
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