US to deploy ‘hellscape’ of drones in Taiwan Strait by 2025 to counter China
This strategy aims to create such a strong deterrent that China would not risk attacking Taiwan.
he US seems to be rapidly advancing with its ambitious “Replicator” initiative. Under this program, the US aims to deploy swarms of lethal autonomous drones in the Taiwan Strait by August 2025. Interestingly, US officials have called this deployment an “unmanned hellscape.”
Captain Alex Campbell, the maritime portfolio director of the Defense Innovation Unit, confirmed the August 2025 target date at the recent West 2025 conference.
“It’s not another [science and technology] project. It is meant to get to production, meant to field systems, in this case, in support of [US Indo-Pacific Command],” said Campbell, as reported by the US Naval Institute (USNI).