An “unmanned hellscape” of drones: US plan for defending Taiwan [Video]

TL;DR: The prospect of China invading Taiwan has become increasingly more likely in recent years, which is why the US Department of Defense has come up with a strategy for protecting the island should the worst happen: an “unmanned hellscape” of drones.

At the International Institute for Strategic Studies’ annual Shangri-La Dialogue (via Wired), US Indo-Pacific Command chief Navy Admiral Samuel Paparo talked about the plan to defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion: “I want to turn the Taiwan Strait into an unmanned hellscape using a number of classified capabilities, so that I can make their lives utterly miserable for a month, which buys me the time for the rest of everything.”

China has been able to produce cheaper versions of the drones used by the US, meaning they can produce them in greater …