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PENTAGON DRONE BUDGET JUMPS FROM $225 MILLION TO $55 BILLION AS SWARMS OVERWHELM US DEFENSESThe Pentagon is requesting roughly $55 billion for drone and autonomous warfare in fiscal 2027, up from about $225 million the year prior, per Fox News.Battlefield evidence forced the rethink. Iranian drone barrages on Gulf air defenses and Russian Shahed waves in Ukraine exposed what officials call a "math problem", firing million-dollar interceptors at drones that cost a fraction of that.The funding sits inside the ...