The age of drone warfare has begun

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers speaks with The Economist’s defence editor, Shashank Joshi, to dissect the frightening new reality of ‘democratised warfare’ in the Strait of Hormuz. As Iran utilises low-cost drones, ‘smart mines’, and autonomous suicide boats to threaten 20% of the world's oil supply, Joshi explains the shift from traditional naval battles to a war of economic attrition and investigates whether the price of entry for war has been permanently lowered - and what it means for the future of global stability. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The age of drone warfare has begun is an episode from Lockdown TV with Freddie Sayers by Sebastian Giraud.

This episode is 18:22 long.

This episode was published on Mar 20, 2026.

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