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•Chinaâs Attack on U.S. Drone Company Is a Warning
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China slapped sanctions on Skydio , America ’s largest maker of consumer drones, in October .
China has far more industrial capacity than the U.S. in drones and other defense-related sectors.
In a military conflict, industrial capacity in these sectors could be the difference between victory and defeat.
Congress must act now to remove China from key supply chains.
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