Pat Harrigan: “Here in the United States, we've allowed China to dominate much of the global drone market while American agencies…”

Simultaneously, when we have technology that can benefit humanity and our experience here as Americans and make America safer, we should leverage that. But we have to strike the right balance.

Protecting Americans from criminals and protecting their constitutional rights, to me, those are two core responsibilities of government.

That's a strategic mistake," he continued.

One of the clearest lessons from Ukraine is that drones are no longer a niche capability; they're a foundational part of modern warfare," Harrigan said.