hello doesn't and think about the simplest thing is it was belonged to the 1st part of the country pro the present my assigned to. that's why she is been holding in us citizenship. meanwhile, according to report, she gained a position by avoiding government to proceed is were on a drug plan, has also previously served in the us justice department as the deputy public corruption and civil rights prosecutors and the state of california. well the wouldn't but who i list cornell. ready yeah, so is, and this is that i go in, the example says west of subordinates in moldova are far away live countries, really interest after the action. and so the deputy party came to power. a lot of western subordinates appear in the they were trained in the west. and in principle, i think there was, is a certain policy put on recording personnel for high official positions or trusted by the west. but 1st of all, the way the united states, a good example is include mrs drug allen,

which is also president my assigned to that and some other officials going was selected for her position. but it should be noted that there are many complaints about this selection. as we have learned from other sources that the contest was, ford should be, many people are against her. first of all, those who are fighting against my assigned as regina. those were a neutral towards sons who are also among them. but on the other hand, we can see this bit on the kids are got in. the current prosecutor often gets into trouble attribute and she obviously started in california and nothing more. no more because she has a very poor understanding of legal details. despite the pieces, do a gallons, obvious failure, which betrays her mental disability. i think she will be able to hold on to her position for some time. well, that's hopeful, this is of course the all my is on the cost of everything up next and we'll be back over some of them. the

drones were all the rage when they 1st hit the consumer market. they were the number one most want a christmas present in 2016. but like a lot of technology these days, drones 1st got their start with military applications. while commercial drones use for recreational purposes and videography costs anywhere between a few $100.00 to a couple $1000.00. military drones cost a fortune. i'm because the i and you're watching the cost of everything we're today . we're going to be looking into the military drone industry, their costs, and their capabilities the the drones have permanently change the way that work there is conducted. drones

became the most iconic instrument on the world care. and in the last 10 years, the number of countries flying drones has more than doubled today, more than 80 countries have some sort of drone capability. now, a modern drone is made up of several large components, such as the frame propellers. the receiver for sending and receiving information, motors to fly and batteries. many are manufactured primarily from carbon fiber composites or aluminum to be light, but sturdy. and these are manufactured in large plans located throughout the world though mostly in china and surrounding countries. u. s. military drugs can range up to tens of thousands of dollars and the common predator drones that the military used in iraq and a scanner scan is roughly $40000000.00 per system. you also have the ever popular reaper drones that carry laser guided bombs and other types of air to surface

missiles. these cost about $32000000.00 and are used by the u. k, netherlands, france, and spain and a forces. meanwhile, smaller surveillance, drones with high tech cameras, costs around a $195000.00 per unit. and then you have tactical drones, like the full mar that is able to fly for up to 12 hours at a max range of 90 kilometers. that cost around $35000.00. they can be armed and are run by pilots on the ground through a satellite link up, which makes them highly deadly and specialized. these military drones are designed to have secure communication and has sensors that possess more range and versatility. then your average commercial drum. they also have quieter engines, which makes them more difficult to detect and can be quickly assembled into weapons of the global military drill and market is projected to reach over $23000000000.00 by 2027 as they're changing the face of traditional warfare. drones can respond

quickly and are cheaper to make and maintain compared to planes. they can also be operated at a distance and have automatic functions, which can save manpower and lives. they put a fewer lives at risk and the military can also cut down on the cost of training soldiers. and there's also the argument that drones also minimize civilian casualties compared to conventional air strikes and put pressure on terrorists organizations with the constant surveillance. drone technology is continuing to improve with engineer is now working on a clipping them with the ability to self repair self land and stay a last 4 months instead of days. so now let's bring in scott ritter former and us marine corps intelligence officer and officer. a so scott, who has the most advanced drone technology, is it the u. s. and who's the biggest competitor?

and how in fans are other countries thrown capabilities? i mean, to answer the question you'd have to actually have um, the detailed knowledge of everybody's drones and the technology that went into it and etc. but i think the united states is a extraordinarily technologically advanced country. and we spend an awful lot of money on our drones. and i would imagine that our drones have some of the finest technology out there. but they're just because we have the best technology doesn't mean we have the best drones. drones are a tool and you know, the, the, to give you an example, you could have a lamborghini, which is a very expensive car, some of the finest technology in the world. but if i ask you to take that lamborghini off road over a hill, you won't be able to do it. if you're better off with an old jeep because the jeep is suited to the task that you're giving it. you know, american drone technology was developed or he'll read should supremacy during the

global war on terror. um, you know, we, we developed a killer drones which were at a patients of drones that we originally developed for reconnaissance work. we, we strapped missiles on them and we use them to target people in a relatively benign environment. i mean, there's no active air defense. the fact is no american drone system, none of our mainstream drones can survive in the heavily contested air space. and they're far too expensive for us to be throwing them away in a, in combat operations like that. the drum, we lost off the coast of crime. it was a $32000000.00 drugs you compare and contrast that with, you know, for instance, some of the ronnie and drone technology that's allegedly been provided to russia recently. the show he'd won 36. so, you know, it's the unit cost is between $20.00 and $30000.00, but it's able to inflict millions of dollars worth of damage to the russians and

make an extraordinary, a good use of a of lloyd during drone known as the linset. it's destroying tanks and armored vehicles and artillery vehicles and other high value targets. the systems can't cost more than $3040000.00 each and yet they're destroying targets that are worth millions of dollars. so it's, i think that it's a wrong question to say who is the best technology and how has our on been able to get so advanced and drone technology and what is the average cost to produce these simple types of suicide drones? first of all, i think people need to understand that the wrong is a um, it's not a 3rd world country when it comes to technology. in fact, if one for sues this further, you'll see that e, ronnie, in teams, enter a mathematical olympics and often times place in the you know,

on the podium and dominate the top 10 spot. this means that from a theoretical mathematical standpoint, to hear the ronnie's have some of the finest scientists out there. and a lot of what we're talking about here is you know, how to take the radical mathematical capabilities and turn it into practicalities. the iranians have shown an amazing ability not only to adapt existing technologies they acquired from abroad, but also develop their own technology. this is why you, ronnie, and ballistic missiles today, have you extraordinarily accurate the warheads? and the other thing is that because the united states and its allies is real, could cetera have subject to the wrong to near continuous conflict. over the past several decades, iran has a perpetual laboratory of conflict of war upon which to test out

operational concepts, including drone technology. and so what we've seen is the extraordinary theoretical capabilities that we run. you're joining up with the practical opportunities that he runs. situation of fords and iran has been able to develop, you know, cost effective systems that accomplish the mission. the mission is an active warrant against enemies such as israel and the united states that, that have tremendous counter drum capability. so the ronnie and drone no doctrine combined with the iranian drone technology is a very effective one, especially when applied against the western target. has a new rational ukraine conflict brought about a revolution in terms of the way drones are used on the battlefield. if you're a military professional in the world today, and you are not studying help, both ukraine and russia have used drones, then you're wrong. you know, we live in

a day and age where drones are now going to become part of the concept of maneuver . you will no longer just talked about your air power, your fire support can maneuver elements. drones have become a uh, a technology that you know is involved in all 3. it provides a long range recognizance. it provides target designation capabilities. it provides weapons delivery platforms. it becomes a weapon itself. it can be used for electronic warfare for jamming. and if you're not incorporating every aspect of drones into the total spectrum of warfare being waged and the enemy will have an advantage, because i can guarantee this, they're looking at it. they're adapting to it. there won't be a modern army down the road. it isn't incorporating drone technology in a meaningful way and to their overall concept of operations. and they will be

looking at the russian ukrainian conflict as the case study upon which they draw the lessons that they're being used to, to build their, their own capabilities. and how much more advanced control and technology get. well, most warfare conducted in the future be and as well, what's interesting we say unmanned vehicles. the key aspect of that is that we're not putting a pilot at risk, but we are a that's the nature of jerome warfare. one of the most dangerous jobs on the battlefield today is to be a german operator because you, in order to operate the drone, you have to have connectivity to that drone. that connectivity will at some point in time involving ariel link that can be detected and traced back in, targeted by the enemy. and so much of the advantages that are had by not putting a pilot in the plane directly into plane. so therefore you can take the drone into areas that you wouldn't risk a pilot. the pilot is still on the ground and the power is very much at risk,

especially in the tac toe standpoint, where you have people near the ford edge of the battle area who can be struck by artillery you know. but then the other thing is if you have a signal, the signal could be intercepted signal could be jammed. um, one way us to take a look at the, the american drawer that was called the beast of condo, har, i think it was the r q 17916. i don't have the number exactly, but it was a self drawn. iranians watched to take off and land from the american military installation and conduct our afghanistan, intercepting the, the satellite link that was used to control the aircraft. and when the ground control there kinda hard passed it off to the, to the operational controller who was based out of nevada. you know, the ronnie is detected that hand over figure it out, intercepted and when the drone of you did some covert recognizance over western

you're on the or the eastern you're on, the iranians intercepted it to control the drone and landed it and got their own technology i bring this up to point out, that is good as drone technology is, there's a counter, the enemies developing counters right now. the people who are the soldiers on the ground. i have drunk guns that are used to jammed the signals, just drop the signals, take control the drones capture the drones. so i think we need to be careful about saying that drones are going to become, you know, that, that, that's the future of words. like any weapon. you know, you, you have to weapon, you learn to use the weapon, you incorporate the weapon. but like every other weapon, it has a counter, there are pluses and minuses and using this weapon. and i think the drones will have a, a major c on the battle for, but nothing in the end changes the reality that you have to have a boot on the ground in order to claim the ground. a drone cannot capture territory of infantry captures, territory armor captures territory, but a drone doesn't capture territory. are there more or less casualties in these drone

proxy wars than in traditional warfare? depends how you use the drugs. um, i mean, if you're, if you're a, if you're, if you're carrying out targeted assassination using a, a, a drug. i mean, what do you compare it to because it's a different kind of war. uh, it's not like, you know, the time size, the saltado heavily fortified complex, so there's going to be significant casualties in that. you're going to suffer dozens, if not, you know, hundreds of casualties trying to take down to something of that nature. um, you know, targeted assassination by drone is only about killing one person, maybe a couple, but you're not, it's not large scale warfare. however, if in support of that battalion assault on a $4.00 to $5.00 position, you have a drone overhead that is designating targets for artillery fire and they're helping increase the accuracy. and therefore, the authority of artillery fire then um,

you know, your use, you've got a drone as a tool. it depends how you use the tool and into what effect when it, you know, when you, when you're dealing with, with this, uh, you know, the idea of the salary. so let me, let me just say that the modern battlefield is extraordinarily lethal. a general can void the american commander of forces in europe, the supreme allied commander for nato in europe. recently setting a defense for him and suite that the level of violence that's taking place in your trade was unimaginable by nato unimaginable by nato. that means that you know this, this military alliance and such that simply preparing for large scale ground combat . europe had no clue what the reality of large they'll grow large kilogram combat you're looked like. and as a result of the, the can't wrap their heads around the fact that you lose tens of thousands of men deal with in a very short period of time. so, you know,

the reality of the motor battlefield is extraordinary, least. so i think drones make it even more leaf. thank you so much sky, but please stick around. a scott ritter will be joining us right here after the break. and when we come back, nations have found a way to fight modern wars crafting cheaper, but more reliable drones will have more after the break. the . so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy from foundation. let it be an arms race is on all sides. very dramatic. personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very difficult time time to sit down and talk.

no one else seemed wrong. just don't have to shape out the application. and engagement equals the trails when so many find themselves will support, we choose to look for common ground, the welcome back to the cost of everything. while the us dominates and refuses to export high end heather to our family of drones, other nations have found ways around the tv to which is a turkish made aircraft from the bay car corporation with a cheap, widely available drone that changed how smaller nations fight modern wars,

a big hard turn to technology is readily available on the commercial market to make the tv to from a mix of domestically made parts source from international commercial markets. there is a g p s, receiver made by trimble, a modem from bias that a garmin navigation radio, etc. now while the us reaper drone costs $28000000.00, the tv to only cost about $5000000.00. and the tv too, has shown up in conflicts in azerbaijan, livia if you help you, and now you crane. this is the 1st mass produced strong system that medium in smaller states can get a hold of. and it is capable of coordinating long range attacks or releasing laser guided bombs on targets. the same d g. i'm not a quad copiers of videographers, and youtube is used for filmy. have also now been deployed in complex and ukraine. other d g, i drones have been spotted and serious since 2013 and they have been modified and

dropped grenades and bombs. and finally has the, are radian, maybe she had $136.00 trunk which are cells that needing drones, that only cost around $20000.00 because they're so cheap, intercepting them with a more expensive missile in cars, a cost to the defender. and these come because they drones had been used by russia and are difficult to shoot down when sent in large numbers. in response, u. s. has been sending the switch wide con because they drowned t a crane to use and attacks. the drones have been used in afghanistan and iraq and are small enough to fit in a backpack and our launch from the to is wise the target area and usually is camera . the soldier can easily detect a lock on the target. while they're light and portable. they are exactly powerful basically the equivalent of a handful of 40 millimeter grenay is that you can throw 10 miles away to tommy

cause a drones are becoming more popular in modern warfare, replacing missiles and multiple missions. they're also used more than normal military drones firing one switch blade would cost around $4000.00 while firing one javelin anti tank missile would cost around $78000.00. because these drones are so cheap, they're disposable. which means that the switch ways can carry a warhead and drop it and not have to worry about making back a return flight. comparing this to the tv to or the re for drawing which costs over $30000000.00 losing a switch blade. it's not a big deal. and for more let's bring in again, scott ritter, former united states marine corps intelligence officer and officer, to now scott or harry, a lot about hypersonic missiles being used by russia and that china has develop hypersonic technology as well. so what exactly is a hypersonic missile and how does it differ from the intercontinental ballistic

missile, for example, or regular cruise missile? the key aspect of the hypersonic missiles survivability by traveling at the speeds that they do. they confound an enemy's ability to detect a track and then put a weapon system on them to shoot them down. you know, so basically the russian hypersonic missiles that are being used in, in ukraine cannot be shut down. that means that a for usher fires. one is going to hit its target and this is a disconcerting for any potential enemy. how much especially disconcerting for the ukrainians who have to know that every time one of these kids on this list has fired the targeted saving that is going to go up in smoke. the chinese have developed similar technology and it's has the ability to overwhelm us. air defense is both to enter in terms of on ships and on the ground in this means that the

china wants to sink a us aircraft carrier, it's going to sink the us aircraft carrier. if it wants to hit an american air base, it's going to hit that air base and there's no defense system for it. so that's, that's the advantages for that. it's a double edged sword though, because of the united states has busy tried to develop its own hypersonic, a weapons, and we've had some success on some systems be, for instance, our version of the kids or air delivered system has not been working. we just did a test recently and it failed. so it's difficult technology and sometimes united states 6 to squeeze too much to push too much into a given design. and when the, at the end of the day, the less is better. i mean, the russian design is very simple, very elegant, very effective, and it's being employed. the united states seeks to put too many bells and whistles on its toys. and they don't work but tight. you know, hypersonic a capability,

especially when you add maneuvering that the and so coming at high speed, but now it's maneuvering. so there's no predictability and it's track, makes it impossible for the air defenses, at least at this point in time, to, to attract him to target them and to shoot them down. well, hypersonic missiles become like this type of suicide drawing technology we're seeing on the battlefield in the sense that they will become cheap for even poor nations to develop and use the thing about most weapon systems is pretty expensive when they 1st come out. but eventually, you know, once use especially you start mass producing them, you can get the cost down and as we become more experienced in this technology, you know, things that are cutting edge just become 2nd nature. and yes, at some point in time, this technology will make it down to nations and otherwise could not have afforded this technology. right now. it's a cutting it to cutting edge technology that i think those nations possess and it

ought to retain the advantage of the cruise by having that weapon system, especially if your opponent doesn't have it. but at some point time is world starts to, you know, break up into various ideologically based factions, the us versus them mentality. we'll see that there might be, there might be pressure to push the hypersonic technology down to proxy forces to use because of the risk. that's a crude when, for instance, the united states and russia fight directly, we don't want that. so we can have a situation where us hypersonic, a good russian hypersonic are being fired each other from, from, from the other side. but if russia is able to push hypersonic technology down to a proxy, and that technology is used against united states with united states does the same and uses the technology against russia. you know that,

that makes the consequences of this less. so i do think in the future that there will be a trend towards getting at least some aspects of hypersonic technology down to proxy forces that can then use that against principles. like i said, either a russian proxy against america, or an american proxy against russia will arise and cheaper technologies level the playing field when it comes to the us military dominance. we've seen the 20th century after world war 2 and even the earlier parts of the 21st century wars extraordinarily complex business. but at the end of the day it's about killing people straight up. and so the question of whether or not the playing field is level it depends on the answering to questions. what is your capacity to kill people? what's your capacity to absorb casualties? it doesn't matter. what about the specific technology on the bottom line is if you can kill more people that they're willing to accept on the hill. at the end of the day you went. if they killed more of your people than you're willing to accept,

they went and drone technology be part of the killing factor. but um, no there's, there's just no way of a smaller nation at the end of the day will be able to be on a level playing field. even if you, rod in the united states went to more while we run has certain, you know, things that, that enhance their immediacy of their defense. and the fact is, with united states was to mobilize its total capability, non nuclear. we would be the wrong because it becomes, it's a war of attrition. all work comes down to attrition. so you know, the question is, what is the medical costs? can you run, make the political cost of war such that the united states would never seek to fully mobilize because there would be detrimental political price to pay at home? and i think that's, that's what we're looking at. but it's the end of the day the, the bigger nations can always have the advantage. thank you so much,

scott. read or for joining us today. unfortunately, military conflicts spring about the extremes and winners and losers. countries are faced with heavy casualties on both sides destruction of land, city and infrastructures, and losing all the progress that was made. now for decades high and precision strike american aircraft some dominated warfare. however, the conflict and ukraine has changed everything, showing that low bunch of models made in china a ron or turkey are just as devastating their widespread usage has changed, how drone combat is waged and who can wage it. and while the tactical advantages are clear, what is also sadly clear is that these weapons will take and increasingly formal toll on civilian populations around the world. i'm christy, i. thanks for watching. i will see you right back here next time on the cost of everything, the

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