Cheap, acccessible and easy to use: drones are changing warfare in the way the AK-47 assault rifle did

By Ezenwa E. Olumba, Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, Aston University
Thomas Stubbs, Professor of Global Political Economy, Royal Holloway, University of London

One of the deadliest attacks on Israel in 2024 came not from an Iranian missile or rocket, but from a single Hezbollah drone attack. On October 13, 2024, a drone struck the dining hall of a military base near Binyamina, south of Haifa, as Israeli soldiers were eating. It killed four people and injured 67.

Houthi rebels have been using drones to attack airports and oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, causing havoc in the Gulf kingdom. Israel and Saudi Arabia are two wealthy countries and have powerful militaries…

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