The ability to rapidly launch many hundreds of drones from a single container is great for light shows, but it also has serious military implications.

As their rivalry intensifies, U.S. and Chinese military planners are gearing up for a new kind of warfare in which squadrons of air and sea drones equipped with artificial intelligence work together ...

Drones have been a priority for both powers for years, and each side has kept its advances secret, so it’s unclear which country might have an edge. A 2023 Georgetown study of AI-related military ...