Consumer Drones Are a Part of Warfare

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The procurement system in both countries is somewhat creaky and inefficient. So if there's someone whom you can get to literally post you one to where you are on the front line, that turns out to be a much better way of getting your equipment when you need it. But regardless of how from where they are procured, it sounds as if drones are now just a part of warfare as we know it.

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