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Nicholas Slayton

Nicholas Slayton

Nicholas Slayton is a Los Angeles-based journalist covering inequality, housing and global conflict. He is a contributing editor at the military news and culture site Task & Purpose.

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Cheap Houthi Drones Are Draining the Pentagon’s Coffers

Cheap Houthi Drones Are Draining the Pentagon’s Coffers

Since October, the United States military and its assets have spent over $1 billion to counter the low-cost drones launched by Houthi rebels and other militant groups in the region. With the weight of the American defense industrial complex behind it, why can’t the Pentagon develop cost-effective weapons?

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