The U.S. is expanding its Production-Ready Inexpensive Maritime Expeditionary (PRIME) program to hinder Communist China’s advances in the South China Sea.

These drones can be turned into intelligent bombs that can search and destroy targets autonomously. A U.S. Defense Department spokesman said that the Replicator will eventually deploy thousands of unmanned aerial and surface vehicles within the next two years.

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