A government budgets for an unmanned shield of 208,200 attack drones

Claim

Taiwan budgeted $6.6 billion for an unmanned shield of 208,200 one-way attack drones, while in a national first a Sacramento sheriff's drone used a magnet to lift a knife from a suspect's hand before deputies moved in.

Reported metric: $6.6B / 208,200 drones

Reporting date: 2026-06-28 (not necessarily the event date)

Sources

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• Welcome to June 28, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)