For decades, the U.S. military relied on invincible, billion-dollar platforms to win wars. But recent global conflicts have exposed a terrifying new math: shooting down a cheap, $35,000 drone with a $2 million missile is a losing strategy. Enter LUCAS (Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System)—the Pentagon’s answer to the Iranian Shahed-136 and the tip of the spear for a new era of American warfare.
In this video, we break down how the U.S. reverse-engineered its enemy’s deadliest weapon to create the “American Shahed.” From its fully autonomous AI brain to the World War II “Liberty Ship” strategy being used to mass-produce these drones, we explore why the future of warfare belongs to the swarm.