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Ukraine War Highlights a New Threat to the American Homeland

Ukraine War Highlights a New Threat to the American Homeland
A "No Drone Zone" sign prohibiting unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) flying over the area is seen in central Moscow on June 21, 2023. Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images
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Ukraine has become a proving ground for many of the tactics, techniques, and technologies that will transform that next era of warfare. One recent development foreshadows a novel, potentially strategic threat against the U.S. homeland.

Nolan Peterson
Nolan Peterson
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Nolan Peterson is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and an independent defense consultant based in Kyiv and Washington. A former U.S. Air Force Special Operations pilot and veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Peterson has more than nine years of experience reporting from Ukraine's front lines.
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