{
  "id": 13949885,
  "title": "A Quarter of the Reaper Fleet: Why the World’s Richest Military Can’t Keep Up with Cheap Drones",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/a-quarter-of-the-reaper-fleet-why-the-worlds-richest-military-cant",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-12T11:08:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "UATV English",
    "slug": "uatv-english",
    "url": "https://uatv.ua/en/a-quarter-of-the-reaper-fleet-why-the-world-s-richest-military-can-t-keep-up-with-cheap-drones/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In modern warfare, what matters most is not the size of the defense budget or the sophistication of technology, but the speed of decision-making and the implementation of change In August, the Pentagon acknowledged what analysts had been saying quietly since March: in less than six months of war with Iran, the United States had lost 45 MQ-9 Reapers — roughly a quarter of its prewar fleet. The…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}