Drones are changing the face of warfare, including battlefield medicine

NPR | By Jay Price

Published May 29, 2026 at 4:44 PM EDT

There have been hundreds of thousands of casualties on both sides of the war in Ukraine, and by some estimates more than 80% are now caused by drones. It's changed the nature of battlefield medicine.

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Jay Price has specialized in covering the military for nearly a decade.

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