Japan is deploying ultra-cheap cardboard drones built for swarm warfare and expendable combat missions — $2,000 expendable combat drones cost less than some gaming PCs

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www.tomshardware.comby https://www.tomshardware.com/author/etiido-ukoMay 3, 2026Submitted May 6, 2026

$2000 AirKamuy 150 cardboard drone (Image credit: AirKamuy) Japan’s Minister of Defense, Shinjirō Koizumi, said in a post on X on Monday that the country had begun using expendable cardboard drones...

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