News Analysis China’s drones are militarizing the world. From Ukraine to Burma, they make the battlefield more deadly for democracy. That must be the point. Beijing ignores calls for limitations on military equipment, even when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) knows that its drones are used for war crimes against unarmed civilians. Neither are the most powerful democracies stepping up to the plate and imposing the no-fly zones over conflict areas that alone could protect democracy advocates and civilian populations from what are essentially lethal aerial robots. This must change, as evidenced by the destruction in Ukraine. China’s DJI drone maker is attracting criticism for supplying the Russian military with drones used to assist in attacks on Ukrainian civilian targets. Ukraine’s vice prime minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, demanded on Twitter that DJI block Russia’s use of its drones. “In 21 days of the war, russian troops has already killed 100 Ukrainian …
China Destabilizes the World Through Militarized Drone Exports
March 30, 2022
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